It has now been 110 days since Schabir Shaik was released from prison on medical parole in order to “die a quiet and dignified death”. Shaik, however, is still very much alive. Is this a medical miracle in the making?
I will continue to remind readers every 30 days that Shaik is still alive.
Every 30 days that Shaik remains alive provides more proof that the medical parole board released Shaik unlawfully and that the government lied about his condition. With the passing of every month, the scandal of his release grows bigger. We should not forget this.
Obviously the Shaik brothers, Ngconde Balfour, and the doctors who treated Schabir Shaik think the public are complete idiots. Is it possible to charge Balfour with corruption, neglect of duty and treating his friends differently to other prisioners under “his care”?
Are there any stats of how many terminally ill convicts have died in prison since Schabir’s release ?
Not the best of scams. I must say that they cannot get points for creativity. I still firmly believe that one way out of this is for him to “die” – they could probably get him to live on some island. I’m not wishing death upon him, just seeing the easy solution.
I don’t wish him dead, but he should be in jail. Quite remarkable that he can get away with this.
You are all so cynical. I believe he was terribly sick in jail – he was homesick.
Living in a country where officials are trying to as corrupt as thos in Nigeria tends to make one cynical.
Herman, at what point do you believe they’ll realise he’s not sick enough and should go back to gaol? He is, at any rate, closer to death now than he was when he left and nobody knows when you’ll leave this earth but your maker (and maybe your murderer) so he doctors et al could made an error…
Hie, hie, hie…yes, he was HOMESICK. Good one.
It must be just… killing…. him that he can’t party up a storm in Durbs anymore for fear that Paddy Harper at the Sunday Times will spot him at his old haunts around town like Spigodoros. He must be getting a lot of take-out.
Medicine cures the man who is fated not to die. Chinese Proverb
How the parole system is supposed to work:
http://multimedia.thetimes.co.za/audio/2009/03/judge-desai-talks-about-parole-system/
Prof, the ONLY justice on his release would be him DEAD hey, Professor?..nice one Prof -so much for the Value of Life!…I mean, why would we need a periodic reminder that a human being is “still alive”?…Of course we want people alive, thats what humanity, Ubuntu, is all about. De Vos is taking Shaik s release to the extreme now, almost wishing him dead soon – and datz scary!
Spuy, I really, really do not wish Mr Shaik to die and hope he has a long life (which he will no doubt have). I do know that he was unlawfully released from prison and wish him back in prison where he belongs.
Thanks Pierre, this has a bit a morib ring, but it is a very good watch dog initiative. I wish citizens would engage more in this kind of monitoring. This issue points to the larger problem of the ANC liberation movement coming to terms with a liberal democracy. Clearly, it struggles. The Shaik release, amongst many others, makes it clear that we are a two-class citizen democracy: those who are former liberation fighters and who are entitled to special protection and exemptions and the others. In the long run, it is this division that undermines our democracy.
Part III coming soon?
I hope so. if not then I shall gladly assume he’s back in gaol or dead. I doubt either will happen any time soon.