Johannesburg – The Pietermaritzburg High Court has dismissed former president Jacob Zuma’s application on Friday.
The court dismissed Zuma’s stay of the warrant of execution for his arrest.
Judge Mnguni dismissed the application with costs.
Zuma handed himself over to authorities on Wednesday, to start serving his 15-month prison sentence, handed to him by the Constitutional Court last week after he was found guilty for being in contempt of court for failing to appear at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture.
On Tuesday, Judge Jerome Mnguni heard his application to stop the arrest but reserved his judgment to the end of the week.
If Mnguni had granted Zuma’s application, Zuma would have been released from custody and face his next hurdle with the Constitutional Court on Monday.
Meanwhile, a criminal case has been opened after a camera SD card containing images of the former president being admitted at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal was stolen.
On Thursday afternoon, photos of what appeared to be the former President being admitted were circulated on social media.
“It has come to the attention of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) that images were stolen from a camera of the official who had been assigned to take photos for institutional filing purposes.
“The SD card was removed from the camera and the matter is highly sensitive and is being investigated by both SAPS and DCS. The official involved has also been contemplated with a suspension notice,” said the department in a statement.
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