Chris Hani’s killer, Clive Derby-Lewis, is not entitled to parole although he is eligible for it, the North Gauteng High Court heard on Tuesday.
The SA Human Rights Commission said on Monday it would send a letter to Ngconde Balfour calling for a review of Schabir Shaik’s medical parole.
Key questions ignited by Schabir Shaik’s medical parole are still unanswered.
It is simply not good enough for Ngconde Balfour to bluster that he has applied his mind, and show us all his familiar middle finger.
Fraud convict Schabir Shaik’s case is one of ”parole for pals”, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.
Schabir Shaik’s controversial medical parole is not a unique phenomenon, Justice Minister Enver Surty said on Thursday.
The DA is urging Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour to get the Parole Review Board to evaluate the parole granted to Schabir Shaik.
Medical parole was meant only for people who were terminally ill, not those suffering from lesser conditions, Judge Siraj Desai said on Tuesday.
Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the release of convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik on medical parole.
Schabir Shaik, who has been released from jail, would have to be terminally ill to qualify for medical parole, an official said on Tuesday.
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/ 14 November 2008
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour on Friday closed the door on any chance of parole for Chris Hani’s killer, Clive Derby-Lewis.
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/ 28 October 2008
An application for parole by Clive Derby-Lewis, killer of former SACP leader Chris Hani, was postponed in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 28 October 2008
Clive Derby-Lewis, killer of former SACP leader Chris Hani, is expected to apply for parole in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 23 September 2008
Former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni’s parole ends at midnight on Tuesday, the Department of Correctional Services said.