Fraud convict Schabir Shaik is still a patient at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal’s health department said on Wednesday.
Spokesperson Sibonela Msomi said that media reports stating Shaik was back in prison were incorrect.
”He is still being treated at hospital and we don’t know when he will be discharged,” said Msomi.
Shaik was admitted to the hospital early in April for a deteriorating blood-pressure problem.
Shaik’s brother, Yunus, told the South African Press Association he was unaware that his brother had been discharged from hospital.
Correctional services spokesperson Manelisi Wolela was not immediately available to comment. — Sapa