Medical Parole
latest news & developments
NPA supports Billy Downer as Zuma serves summons
The prosecuting authority is expecting more attacks on prosecutors as more state capture cases are enrolled
Fraser broke the law because Zuma is not terminally ill, SCA hears
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
High court orders Zuma’s return to prison
The court set aside Arthur Fraser’s decision to release the former president on medical parole, rejecting his reasons as unconstitutional and irrational
UPDATE: High court hears pleas to return to Zuma to prison
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
Petition opposes parole for Carl Schoombie’s killer
Family of Cape man who was beaten to death fights Juane Jacobs’s claim that he needs medical parole
Zuma’s health not relevant, says his lawyer
With legal challenges to his medical parole looming, the former president’s lawyers opted to first argue for the removal of the prosecutor
Editorial: Despite Zuma saga, the law will prevail
We must hold faith that law will prevail
Fraser saves Zuma from prison – again
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
Legal challenges loom against Zuma’s medical parole
The DA announces it will approach the high court, and the Helen Suzman Foundation has also threatened action
Clive Derby-Lewis gets parole
The terminally ill man who provided the gun that killed Chris Hani is to be out of prison by the end of next week.
Everyone’s word against Derby-Lewis’s
Clive Derby-Lewis denies claims that he instructed his legal team to sue Minister Michael Masutha, who rejected his medical parole.
De Kock gets parole but Derby-Lewis’ medical parole rejected
Justice minister says former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock will be released on parole while Clive Derby-Lewis remains behind bars.
Another chance at parole for Derby-Lewis
The quest for medical parole continues for Chris Hani’s assassin, Clive Derby-Lewis, as the medical parole board files another recommendation.
Jackie Selebi dies aged 64 after long illness
The former police commissioner has died in hospital after a long illness, which in 2012 prompted his release from prison on medical parole.
Clive Derby-Lewis has ‘months to live’
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.