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 blizzard of spin focusing on the alleged political conspiracy against Jacob Zuma has diverted attention from the facts of the case against him.
The ANC was absent from a debate among political parties about economic policies held on Wednesday at the University of Witwatersrand.
The Star newspaper has denied being in possession of the medical records of Schabir Shaik.
A lawyer for the three doctors who treated recently paroled Schabir Shaik says he has no documentation showing they recommended medical parole.
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.
Mo Shaik was criticised by the ANC Youth League on Wednesday for suggesting that party leader Jacob Zuma’s charges would be dropped.
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Jacob Zuma has lashed out at South Africans for wanting his former financial adviser, Schabir Shaik, dead.
Schabir Shaik offered R10-million on a house — a week before he was released on medical parole.
The South African Medical Association (Sama) supports a probe into the conduct of doctors who recommended Schabir Shaik for medical parole.
The Democratic Alliance has urged President Kgalema Motlanthe to order an investigation into the medical parole of fraudster Schabir Shaik.
Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday said he would consider a request for a probe into the medical parole granted to Schabir Shaik if he received one.
Ngconde Balfour felt ”vindicated” by reports that appear to clarify allegations that Schabir Shaik remained in hospital despite being discharged.
Suboptimal conditions in prison hospitals is not a valid basis for releasing fraud convict Schabir Shaik on medical parole, experts said on Tuesday.
It is worrying that correctional services is refusing to adhere to the principle of accountability in the case of Schabir Shaik’s parole.
The KwaZulu-Natal health department says fraud convict Schabir Shaik’s doctor, Professor DP Naidoo, has been misquoted, the SABC said on Monday.
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.
The head of cardiology at Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital discharged Schabir Shaik four months ago because he was considered well enough to leave.
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.
Schabir Shaik is not under house arrest but is confined to his magisterial district, a report on his parole conditions said on Wednesday.
Medical parole was meant only for people who were terminally ill, not those suffering from lesser conditions, Judge Siraj Desai said on Tuesday.
Paroled fraud convict Schabir Shaik is in ”the final phase of his terminal condition”, Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour 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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/ 22 January 2009
The National Prosecuting Authority’s R5-million agreement with fraud convict Schabir Shaik was ”normal”, it said on Thursday.
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/ 22 January 2009
The NPA will respond late on Thursday afternoon to media reports that it has made a ”secret deal” with fraud convict Schabir Shaik.
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/ 22 January 2009
Schabir Shaik will receive R5-million from the state in a ”secret” deal on interest earned from seized assets, the Star reported on Thursday.