On Friday, former president Jacob Zuma teamed up with his old pal and fellow medical parolee Schabir Shaik to open a restaurant in Umhlanga.
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the decision to place Zuma on medical parole was unlawful.
Has there ever been a more obvious ending to a saga than the announcement that Jacob Zuma has been granted medical parole?
Former Head of Interpol and National Police Commissioner, Jackie Selebi was released from prison on medical parole in 2012 for suffering “a medical condition which is terminal, chronic, progressive and has deteriorated or reached an irreversible state.” His lawyers and doctors cited his failing kidneys as a key indicator that Selebi was on his death bed. Selebi has responded to widespread outrage following his being spotted at a mall over the weekend.
Jakie Selebi is on a dialysis machine, but in getting one has seemingly jumped the queue at Steve Biko Academic Hospital where 82 patients were on the waiting list.
Jackie Selebi’s release on medical parole may not be the just thing to do, according to the opinions of the public, but the edge is taken off a little to know it’s not unconditional. A spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services has said that his release will not result in him heading right back to the golf course.