Fraud convict Schabir Shaik applied for a presidential pardon in April last year, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday.

The DA has accused Justice Minister Jeff Radebe of being ”disingenuous” in his reply to a parliamentary question on a pardon for Schabir Shaik.

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed a case by a jailed IFP member seeking to compel the government to consider him for presidential pardon

The IFP instructed its lawyers on Wednesday to start legal action against Jacob Zuma for a six-year delay in the application of 384 pardons.