Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be allowed out of the prison to appear in person before the commission of inquiry on state capture.
Zuma is expected to appear before a Pietermaritzburg court next week Tuesday.
In a court order dated 4 August, Koen said the hearing will be conducted “in open court at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg”.
Zuma’s lawyers have been adamant fighting for him to appear in court claiming it was a violation to virtually appear for the hearing.
“To do so would be unconstitutional and illegal, irrespective of the situation in a particular case, a particular date or the particular circumstance which may or may not prevail on 9 August 2021,” his lawyer said in a short two-page submission to the court.
The judge later turned the earlier ruling that the inquiry could be done virtually since no evidence was to be presented.
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