Freed after a decade on medical parole, he tells Times Select about his new life and the memoirs he’s writing
Schabir Shaik, the one-time high-flying financial adviser to former president Jacob Zuma, got to sample life as a free man for about two months before SA went into lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Shaik was freed in early February after being on medical parole for more than a decade, after doctors declared he was in the final phase of a terminal disease. The man Zuma often referred to as “brother” and with whom he shared a close relationship was found guilty of fraud in 2005 and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. ..A subscription gives you full digital access to all Times Select content.
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