South Africa's Jailed Ex-President Jacob Zuma "Placed On Medical Parole": Official

The parole is effective Sunday and he will serve out the rest of the 15-month jail sentence outside jail.

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, jailed in July for contempt of court after snubbing graft investigators, was on Sunday granted medical parole, prison authorities announced. Zuma has been hospitalised since August 6, at a health facility outside the prison where he was incarcerated for ignoring a court order to testify before a judicial panel probing corruption during his nine-year tenure which lasted until 2018. "The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is able to confirm that Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma has been placed on medical parole," it said in a statement. The parole is effective Sunday and he will serve out the rest of the 15-month jail sentence outside jail.