South Africa's Zuma granted remission, avoids return to jail

Former South African president Jacob Zuma reacts as he addresses a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, who spent only two months of a 15-month sentence in prison in 2021, was granted a remission approved by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday, avoiding a decision that could have sent him back to jail.

Zuma was jailed in July 2021 for defying a court order to appear at an inquiry into corruption.