My, my, my. Turns out Schabir Shaik, the former financial adviser to ANC president Jacob Zuma, got parole in the nick of time. Two enterprising hacks at The Star have been digging around in the vaults of our law makers and have spotted that in a few weeks a change in the law will kick in that will give the inspecting judge of prisons the power to refer such parole decisions for review.
Schabir Shaik, Zuma's corrupt pal
The correctional services minister Ngconde Balfour has said he sees no need for a review of Shaik’s parole (he is meant to be in the final stages of terminal illness though all the South African public knows about his health is that he has high blood pressure). Serendipitous? I think not.
But curiouser and curiouser. The Star also reports that Justice Minister Enver Surty said in response to questions in Parliament that he believes the public has a right to know the grounds on which Shaik was released (but this had to be balanced with an individual’s right to privacy.) That’s an interesting statement coming from Surty, who was appointed after the Zuma-led coup against Mbeki last year. Why would he bite the hand that feeds him? Read The Star story here.
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