Fraudster Schabir Shaik could find himself behind bars again if the DA
succeeds in having his parole upset under a new prisons law, and if Shaik's
request for a presidential pardon fails.
DA spokesperson on Correctional Services, James Selfe MP, has formally asked
Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services, Deon van Zyl, to look at whether
Shaik should have qualified for medical parole. The DA criticises what it
describes as
a political decision by
the parole board to release President Jacob Zuma's former financial adviser.
The Correctional Services Amendment Act now also provides for the inspecting
judge to review decisions relating to medical parole.
Previously only the Correctional Services minister had the powers to do
that, but both former minister Ngconde Balfour and current minister,
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, have refused Selfe's requests for a review.
Since Shaik's release last year on the grounds of
"life-threatening hypertension", he
has reportedly been seen
shopping, playing
golf and visiting restaurants in Durban.
Judge van Zyl said there were some technicalities to consider, such as
whether the law was retrospective.
In October it was revealed that Shaik had applied to Zuma for a presidential
pardon. The matter is still pending.
Zuma's spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa, has not responded to queries.
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- This article was originally published on page 1 of
The
Daily News on July 26, 2010
With acknowledgements to Cape Argus.
A fraudster and an arrogant ANC fraudster at
that.
No wonder his niece has joined the DA.
But the ANC gangsters who let him out of prison are even more criminal than
him.
Schabir was after all just trying to make a couple of slices, albeit by
corrupt bakery, for himself and his friend, who is now the president.
These other criminals committed their acts in a full light of day.
As for the other criminals like Leonard McCarthy who defeated the ends of
justice in getting both Zuma and the two Thints off the hook.
There was meant to be a formal criminal investigation by the Hawks into this
dastardly set of deeds, but exact;y nothing has come of it.
This is due cause to think that indiscretion was not the only thing behind
this gross failure of justice.