Suspended ANC member, Carl Niehaus, has been released from the Estcourt Correctional Services Facility in KwaZulu-Natal.
Niehaus was arrested on Thursday during a live television interview with SABC News.
Carl Niehaus arrested outside Estcourt prison during an SABC interview. #sabcnews https://t.co/RkMjDCL8gT via @YouTube
— Jayed-Leigh Paulse (@JayedLeigh) July 8, 2021
Initial reports point to allegations of him having violated lockdown regulations.
Niehaus took to Twitter to thank his supporters personally.
*ALUTA CONTINUA- THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES!*
I have been released (around 8pm) from Escourt Police station. I have been charged, and must appear in court on the 8th of August 2021.
My utmost gratitude to all my comrades for your support. From the bottom of his heart, “thank you!.”— Carl Niehaus (@niehaus_carl) July 8, 2021
Before being arrested Niehaus described as disappointing – the arrest and incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.
Last week, the Constitutional Court found Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 15 months in jail for flouting an order to obey summonses and testify at the State Capture Inquiry.
He was arrested and jailed on Wednesday at the Estcourt Correctional Services Facility in KwaZulu-Natal.
Zuma will be eligible for parole after serving three months and three weeks of his sentence.
Niehaus says he believes Zuma’s rights have been trampled on.
