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Shaik, who was found guilty of corruption in 2005 and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, was sighted many times after his medical parole and did not appear like someone at death's door or incapacitated by a debilitating disease. This has sent out a message to thepublic that crime pays when you know people at the top.

Selebi, whose healthdeteriorated rapidly after he collapsed at his Pretoria home while listening to the verdict of his appeal judgment last December, is said to suffer from diabetes and seriouskidney problems.

After Shaik, it was more incumbent on CorrectionalServices to convince the public that Selebi indeed deserves his medical parole.

If there is a lack oftransparency that goes into the processes of medical paroles, the precedent set by Shaik will remain the ghost that will haunt Correctional Services.

It will make the public cynical about what criteria are used to release some convicts on parole over others?

We are not saying that Selebi did not deserve the parole.

We are saying that it is hard to defend his constitutional right to receive medical parole with the information that has been given and that it is equally hard to believe that his status as a former policecommissioner did not influence the parole board's decision.

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Jul 23, 2012

ntwempe

kuya ngokuthi ungubani, uhamba nobani,uphila kanjani, udlisa kanjani Ayeye. Brenda Fassie

Sory man your turn is coming forerever and ever
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Jul 23, 2012

KingMa

kwaaaaaa, good cartoon
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Jul 23, 2012

Punkies

thepublic. healthdeteriorated. seriouskidney CorrectionalServices. oftransparency policecommissioner

@Sowetan please do spell check before publishing articles. So many mistakes. Come on-:) Or ke blue Monday?
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Jul 23, 2012

Mellow

I hear he's really not that sick he literally jumped himself onto the wheelchair and cruised out of the hospital left the staff puzzled haai Selebi rubbing shoulders with the who's who neh really pays
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Jul 23, 2012

Tasto

I like twwet alleged by Polela of the hawks - tha very soon we gonna see many politicaly connected ghosts @golf courses !!

Lastly you see - S.Derwani should have been a free man by now at this rate of Shebeer-n Shaik-al-attack disease diagnosis!!Instead wasting his money on lawyers when he is garunteed freedom nomakanjani!!
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Jul 23, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

It is about the money, money, money *singing*
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Jul 23, 2012

sh!tFaceSamsung

alive with possibilities : only in SA u find dis kind of useless laws : & of course it's a political connection, obvious
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Jul 23, 2012

Maratachelete

It's about the African National Crisis's none existent leadership skills.Wait,I have a feeling Jub Jub will follow suit after the Magistrate hands slaps him with 40 years.He's going to collapse,like this moegoe did.
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Jul 23, 2012

Tango

I don't know ,but when i look at him i see a very sick man.
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Jul 23, 2012

SOLUTIONS

Tango,

I will also be able to look very sick when trying to side line a long jail sentence.
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