Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been granted permission to attend the burial of his younger brother, Michael, who is set to be buried on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“As a short-term, low risk classified inmate, Mr Zuma\u2019s application for compassionate leave was processed and approved,” Correctional Services department spokesperson, Singabakho Nxumalo, said on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Zuma does not have to wear prison uniform while on the \u201ccompassionate leave\u201d, with Mr Nxumalo noting that inmates need not be in uniform when out of jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former president is currently serving a 15-month sentence in prison for contempt of court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His jailing sparked unrest in his home province KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng – where more than 200 people died and hundreds of shopping centres and businesses were ransacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been granted permission to attend the burial of his younger brother, Michael, who is set to be buried on Thursday afternoon. “As a short-term, low risk classified inmate, Mr Zuma\u2019s application for compassionate leave was processed and approved,” Correctional Services department spokesperson, Singabakho Nxumalo, said on Thursday. Mr […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":25230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-25229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n