Top six officials of African National Congress (ANC) are set to meet and discuss about the High Court’s decision to jail former president, Jacob Zuma.
The decision to hold a meeting comes a few days after the South African court ruled that the country’s former President Jacob Zuma should be returned to prison, saying his medical parole was “unlawful”.
The judge said the time Zuma spent out of prison should not be counted in his 15-month sentence.
Zuma was released on 5 September for an undisclosed medical condition.
He had been jailed for failing to attend an inquiry into corruption during his presidency.
The 79-year-old handed himself in to police in July after a public stand-off, but his jailing, unprecedented for an ex-president, sparked violent protests and looting.
More than 300 people, mostly in Zuma’s stronghold of KwaZulu-Natal province, died in the protests.
The former leader had testified only once at the inquiry into what has become known as “state capture” – the allegation that government decisions were being taken on behalf of business interests through a corrupt relationship.
Zuma is also facing a separate corruption and fraud trial related to an arms deal in the late 1990s.
Zuma has repeatedly said he is the victim of a political conspiracy.
Prison authorities say his release on parole was compelled by a medical report, but his ailment has never been disclosed.
He did, however, undergo surgery after he was imprisoned.
