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The Constitutional Court will rule on former president Jacob Zuma's eligibility to serve in Parliament as an MP for the Umkhonto weSizwe Party - following his 15-month sentence for contempt of the apex court – on Monday at 10:00.
The ruling follows an urgent bid by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to challenge the Electoral Court's findings that Zuma qualifies for election to the National Assembly because his sentence for defying a Constitutional Court order to appear before the Zondo Commission could not be appealed.
The Electoral Court found the 15-month term, therefore, did not qualify as a "sentence" under section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution.
