The prosecuting authority is expecting more attacks on prosecutors as more state capture cases are enrolled
Legal teams argued that the only remedy was for Zuma to return to prison, but his advocate countered that at this late stage, it would amount to a fresh sentence
The court set aside Arthur Fraser’s decision to release the former president on medical parole, rejecting his reasons as unconstitutional and irrational
Arthur Fraser had no discretionary power to grant Jacob Zuma’s release once the medical parole board found he did not suffer from a terminal condition, high court hears
Family of Cape man who was beaten to death fights Juane Jacobs’s claim that he needs medical parole
With legal challenges to his medical parole looming, the former president’s lawyers opted to first argue for the removal of the prosecutor
We must hold faith that law will prevail
The correctional services commissioner (and former spy boss tied to state capture) overruled the medical board’s dismissal of the former president’s application for parole
The DA announces it will approach the high court, and the Helen Suzman Foundation has also threatened action
The terminally ill man who provided the gun that killed Chris Hani is to be out of prison by the end of next week.
Clive Derby-Lewis denies claims that he instructed his legal team to sue Minister Michael Masutha, who rejected his medical parole.
Justice minister says former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock will be released on parole while Clive Derby-Lewis remains behind bars.
The quest for medical parole continues for Chris Hani’s assassin, Clive Derby-Lewis, as the medical parole board files another recommendation.
The former police commissioner has died in hospital after a long illness, which in 2012 prompted his release from prison on medical parole.
Lawyers for Chris Hani’s killer, Clive Derby-Lewis, have revealed he has only months to live during a high court application for his release.
An application for the medical parole of convicted killer Clive Derby-Lewis has been denied, according to a report.
Drastic changes have been made to the conditions under which medical parole is granted by the department of correctional services.
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/ 19 February 2012
The department of correctional services says it has established a new parole board, to come into effect in March, to deal with terminally ill inmates.
Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says an appeal to have former top cop Jackie Selebi released on medical parole is non-existent.
Clive Derby-Lewis, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of SACP leader Chris Hani, learned on Friday that his prostate cancer was aggressive.
Chris Derby-Lewis’s lawyer issued a statement on Thursday saying that the convicted murderer’s cancer has spread.
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/ 19 January 2010
The DA on Tuesday again urged Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to review fraud convict Schabir Shaik’s medical parole.
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/ 15 January 2010
Shaik can have his privacy back when the rest of us get justice back.
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/ 15 January 2010
Reports from Schabir Shaik’s doctors appear to have been misinterpreted, leading to his parole.
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/ 20 December 2009
AfriForum have lodged a complaint with the Parole Board against convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik after he was filmed violating his parole conditions.
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula told the media on Tuesday that without ”compelling evidence” she has no intention of reviewing Schabir Shaik’s medical parole.
Since his release from prison, fraud convict Schabir Shaik has spent most of his days inside his home heavily medicated, his family said on Thursday.
The DA on Wednesday said it has asked minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to request the parole board to review the granting of parole to Schabir Shaik.
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour on Monday welcomed a report clearing the doctors who recommended medical parole for Schabir Shaik.
The three doctors whose submissions helped Schabir Shaik secure medical parole will know on Monday if there will be a formal probe into their conduct.
The number of prisoners dying of natural causes has risen four-fold since 1996 while medical parole has only increased by 18%, said a report.
Jacob Zuma has lashed out at South Africans for wanting his former financial adviser, Schabir Shaik, dead.