Arthur Fraser's also been called to testify at the Zondo commission, but hinted he will only testify if he is granted immunity from prosecution in advance — wise counsel that eluded Angelo Agrizzi, whose singing at that forum would've made any canary proud
Breaking news on Sunday night that former president Jacob Zuma’s medical parole was approved by the department of correctional services should come as no surprise to anyone. If a nobody like Schabir Shaik could get himself released on medical parole , then why would a much more politically connected person like Zuma not succeed? The fact that he has refused to be examined by independent doctors has already raised red flags.
Steenhuisen lost no time in lodging an application for access to information relating to the medical parole board’s decision and it certainly is in the national interest to see what had transpired here. who overruled the medical parole board and gave Msholozi the green light, this is on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s head. He removed Fraser from his position as spy boss in the State Security Agency to the more innocuous position at correctional services.
Fraser is not authorised to greenlight a prisoner’s release on medical grounds if the correctional services department’s medical board does not recommend it. Fraser has been implicated in state capture and is accused of having run a parallel intelligence structure during his time in office at the State Security Agency.
The Zuma-episode demonstrates McLaughlin’s notion with some illumination and, one may add, some irony as well. But the department’s implication in corrupt practices precedes Fraser well before he was appointed national commissioner. Correctional services has a deplorable record when it comes to corruption and tender-rigging.
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