Informed critics of this turn of events would argue that it is not a coincidence that President Ramaphosa’s decision to remit the sentences of certain categories of prisoners, which will result in the release from prison of approximately 9,500 inmates, resulted in Mr Zuma not having to go back.
A 65-year-old woman who pleaded guilty in 2021 to almost 1,000 counts of fraud after stealing more than R13m from her employer over a decade, has had her 15-year prison sentence slashed to 10 years meaning she will be eligible for parole next year. The 15-year sentence imposed by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gqeberha on Estelle Burgess in 2021 for the fraud she committed against a nonprofit educational college had “induced a sense of shock”, the Makhanda high court said.
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