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⚫ '''Schabir Shaik''' is a ]n businessman from the ], ], who rose to prominence due to his close association with former South African Deputy President ]. On ] ], he was found guilty of ] and ], which also led to the dismissal of Zuma two weeks later from his position as Deputy President.
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⚫ '''Schabir Shaik''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|44|2001|noage=1}}) is a South African businessman from ], who rose to prominence due to his close association with former South African President ] during Zuma's time as Deputy President. On 2 June 2005, he was found guilty of ] and fraud, which also led to Zuma's dismissal by then President ].
⚫ ==Early life==
A South African of ], Shaik studied ] at the ], but was caught cheating in a High Voltage Engineering T5 exam on ] ] and was barred for 12 months. He claimed to have obtained a ], but no record of this was found at the Technikon; he later admitted he did not earn the qualification.


⚫ ==Early life and career==
⚫ He had a long-standing friendship with ], who needed assistance with his finances after returning from political ] in ] in 1990. Zuma had been elected Chairperson of the ], and Shaik assisted him financially, mostly in the form of interest-free ]s with no date of repayment.
Shaik was born in ] in the former ] and grew up in Greenwood Park in ] in the former ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=O'Malley |first=Padraig |author-link=Padraig O'Malley |date=7 May 2004 |title=Moe Shaik on Moe Shaik |url=https://www.politicsweb.co.za/news-and-analysis/moe-shaik-on-moe-shaik |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Politicsweb |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=22 November 2003 |title=Band of brothers in the thick of things |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/band-of-brothers-in-the-thick-of-things-117369 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=IOL |language=en}}</ref> His father was an ] from ] in Natal; his mother was half-] and died in a ] when he was a child.<ref name=":1" /> He is one of six brothers – his elder brothers are Salim and Faisal, and his younger brothers are Yunus, ], and Chippy – and also has a sister.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> In the early 1980s, his brother Yunus recruited him into an underground cell of the ] ] (ANC).<ref name=":0" /> In later years, his work for the ANC reportedly included transferring donor funds from ] to South Africa.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Farber |first=Tanya |date=7 November 2006 |title=Exam cheating a sign of things to come |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/exam-cheating-a-sign-of-things-to-come-301919 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=IOL |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2002-12-05 |title=An unShaikable friendship |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2002-12-06-an-unshaikable-friendship/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref>


At the same time, Shaik worked as a lecturer in the ] department at ] until he resigned in 1986 because the institution raised questions about the veracity of his claim to hold a ]an degree certificate.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2002-12-13 |title=Schabir's shaky past |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2002-12-13-schabirs-shaky-past/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref> He pursued a Master's diploma in engineering at the ] but left in 1990 after he was suspended for one year because, according to the institution, he cheated on an exam.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 November 2004 |title=Shaik 'cheated' in exam |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/shaik-cheated-in-exam-20041121 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
On ] ], Shabir Shaik established a company known as Nkobi Holdings, using the family name of the late ANC Treasurer ], without consent and approval of the Nkobi family.


== Post-apartheid career ==
⚫ Nkobi Holding was initially wholly owned by Shaik. The shareholding went through various permutations subsequently, however Shaik was at all relevant times a director of, and exercised effective control over, all the corporate entities within the Nkobi group.


=== Nkobi Holdings ===
⚫ In 1994 he failed in an effort that would have seen ]n partners paying off the ANC's huge ] 40 million ], which was taken out in preparation for the ]. His brother, ], was in charge of ] acquisition at the ], which allowed Shaik to bid on a lucrative contract to supply ] to the ].
After the ANC was unbanned by the apartheid government in 1990, Shaik became an adviser to ], who at the time was ANC Treasurer-General.<ref name=":3" /> In early 1995, the year after apartheid ended, Shaik founded Nkobi Holdings and Nkobi Investments, named after Thomas Nkobi, who had recently died.<ref name=":2" /> Shaik had initially claimed that the Nkobi ] held shares in Nkobi Holdings, justifying his use of Nkobi's name; the Nkobi family denied that they held such shares or that any such family trust existed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Soggot |first=Mungo |date=2001-11-02 |title=Nkobi Family Distances itself from Arms Firm |work=Mail & Guardian |url=http://www.armsdeal-vpo.co.za/articles00/nkobi_family.html |access-date=28 December 2022 |via=ArmsDealVPO}}</ref>


Shaik's companies were based in the new province of ] and ultimately encompassed broad interests in defence, ], and infrastructure.<ref name=":3" /> Several sources told the '']'' that during the mid-1990s Shaik attempted to use his ANC affiliation to further his business interests.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Shaik later said that he and Nkobi had admired Malaysia's '']'' economic policy and that the Malaysian policy had inspired him to offer the ANC shares in his companies, an offer rejected by the ANC in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2004 |title=ANC turned down Shaik shares |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/anc-turned-down-shaik-shares-20041105 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
On ] ], Nkobi Holdings and the ] ] ] went into a joint venture as Thomson Holdings, a South African company. It tendered for various contracts, among which the upgrading of ], a national ], road projects for the ] and ] ]s, the third ] network, and ] technology. A company called Kobitech which is part of the Nkobi Holdings group, was initially a one-third shareholder in a consortium (under the name Prodiba) to produce the South African ] card. The first card was produced on ] ], a contract that was initially awarded for 5 years, later extended and then renewed for another 5 year period ending on ] ]. During the second half of 2007 Kobitech sold their share in Prodiba to one of the remaining shareholders, Face Technologies.

==== Transport contracts ====
Under ], who was ] from 1994 to 1999, the ] granted a ]264-million contract to Prodiba, a ] of companies which included a stake for ] (now ]) and a 33 per cent stake for an Nkobi Holdings ] called KobiTech. The contract was to produce South African ] in a new card format and it was cancelled in 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 March 2003 |title=Shaikh got card licence deal |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/shaikh-got-card-licence-deal-20030228 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2018 |title=Mac Maharaj and Schabir Shaik investigated in Hawks' probe of driver's licence deal |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-09-03-mac-maharaj-and-schabir-shaik-investigated-in-hawks-probe-of-drivers-licence-deal/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Business Day |language=en-ZA}}</ref> although KobiTech was expelled from the consortium before then in 2007.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2011-11-25 |title=The evidence that damns Mac |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-11-25-the-evidence-that-damns-mac/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref> During Maharaj's tenure, another major contract – dealing with upgrades to the ] – was granted to another consortium, the N3 Toll Road Consortium, of which Nkobi was a member.<ref name=":5" /> The ] investigated Maharaj for several years on suspicion that the transport contracts had been granted improperly.<ref name=":5" />

==== Arms Deal contracts ====
{{Main|South African Arms Deal}}
Shaik's relationship with Thomson-CSF extended beyond their partnership in the driving license consortium. Nkobi Investments owned shares in Thomson-CSF and in Thomson-CSF Holdings, a ] with Thomson incorporated inside South Africa.<ref name=":24">{{Cite book |url=https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/jointinvestigationreport0.pdf |title=Report of the joint investigation into the Strategic Defence Procurement Packages |date=2001-11-14 |publisher=Government Printer |location=Pretoria}}</ref> He also had a significant stake in Altech Defence Systems (ADS, later renamed African Defence Systems), which Thomson-CSF acquired between April 1998 and February 1999.<ref name=":24" /> In the latter half of the 1990s, Shaik held ] at Thomson-CSF, Thomson-CSF Holdings, Nkobi Holdings, Nkobi Investments, and ADS.<ref name=":24" /> Shaik thus acquired a substantial interest in the 1999 ], a major defence procurement project of the South African government: both Thomson and ADS submitted ] for several defence contracts under the deal.<ref name=":24" /> Ultimately, when the deal was finalised in 1999, both companies were awarded subcontracts for the four ] which were to be procured for the ] – in the case of Thomson-CSF, the subcontract was to provide the combat suites for the frigates.<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":47">{{Cite web |date=2014-11-11 |title=I had no conflict of interest: Chippy Shaik |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2014-11-11-i-had-no-conflict-of-interest-chippy-shaik/ |access-date=2021-12-22 |website=Sunday Times |language=en-ZA}}</ref>

=== Relationship to Jacob Zuma ===
Shaik was a personal friend of ], an ANC stalwart who had known Shaik and his brothers during apartheid and who was appointed ] in 1999.<ref name=":43">{{Cite web |last=Open Secrets |date=2020-05-05 |title=Jacob Zuma – Comrade in Arms |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-06-jacob-zuma-comrade-in-arms/ |access-date=2021-12-21 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":49">{{Cite web |last=Vasagar |first=Jeevan |date=2005-06-14 |title=Mbeki fires deputy in corruption scandal |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jun/15/southafrica.jeevanvasagar |access-date=2021-12-22 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> In 2002, a Zuma ] said that their friendship was rooted in their shared experiences in the ANC in the 1980s.<ref name=":3" /> By that time, Shaik was also Zuma's personal ].<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-12-02 |title=Shaik's lawyer botches NPA court challenge |url=https://mg.co.za/article/2003-12-02-shaiks-lawyer-botches-npa-court-challenge/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=Mail & Guardian|language=en-ZA}}</ref>

In May 2002, Shaik appeared in court on charges that he illegally possessed classified minutes of President ]'s ]; the documents were seized in a Scorpions raid.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2002 |title=Arms bidder in court over ministers' minutes |url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/arms-bidder-in-court-over-ministers-minutes-87256 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=IOL |language=en}}</ref>

⚫ He had a long-standing friendship with ], who needed assistance with his finances after returning from political ] in ] in 1990. Zuma had been elected Chairperson of the ], and Shaik assisted him financially, mostly in the form of interest-free loans with no date of repayment.

⚫ Nkobi Holdings was initially wholly owned by Shaik. The shareholding went through various permutations subsequently, however Shaik was at all relevant times a director of, and exercised effective control over, all the corporate entities within the Nkobi group.

⚫ His brother, ], was in charge of ] acquisition at the ], which allowed Shaik to bid on a lucrative contract to supply ] to the ].


==Fraud and corruption== ==Fraud and corruption==
{{Main article|Schabir Shaik Trial}} {{Main|Schabir Shaik trial}}


Shaik was put on trial for ] and ] at the Durban High Court from ] ]. During the course of the trial, Shaik admitted that he falsified his qualifications and business achievements. By 2002, Shaik was under investigation by the Scorpions in connection with his relationship to Zuma and Thales.<ref name=":4" /> He was put on trial for ] and ] at the Durban High Court from 11 October 2004. During the course of the trial, Shaik admitted that he falsified his qualifications and business achievements.


The trial ended on ] ], with Judge ] delivering his verdict on ]. Shaik was found guilty on two counts of ] and one count of ], with judge Squires stating in his 165-page verdict that there was "overwhelming" evidence of a corrupt relationship between Shaik and Zuma. The fraud charge related to testimony by Ahmed Paruk, Shaik's auditor, that Shaik held a meeting with him and Shaik's financial manager, where it was agreed that false ] entries be made in order to alter Nkobi Holdings' ]. The second corruption charge relates to alleged attempts to solicit a ] to Zuma from Thomson CSF. The trial ended on 4 May 2005, with Judge ] delivering his verdict on 2 June. Shaik was found guilty on two counts of corruption and one count of fraud, with judge Squires stating in his 165-page verdict that there was "overwhelming" evidence of a corrupt relationship between Shaik and Zuma. The fraud charge related to testimony by Ahmed Paruk, Shaik's auditor, that Shaik held a meeting with him and Shaik's financial manager, where it was agreed that false ] entries be made to alter Nkobi Holdings' ]. The second corruption charge relates to alleged attempts to solicit a bribe to Zuma from Thomson CSF.


On ] he was ] to 15 years' ] on each of the two counts of corruption, as well as 3 years on the count of fraud. The sentences will run concurrently, giving him an effective 15 year prison term. He has been given leave to ] against this sentence on ], and his ] has been extended until then. His appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal failed on 6 November<ref>]: , November 6th, 2006</ref> On 8 June 2005 he was ] to 15 years' ] on each of the two counts of corruption, as well as 3 years on the count of fraud. The sentences were to run concurrently, giving him an effective 15-year prison term. He was given leave to appeal against his sentence on 26 July; his bail was extended until then. His appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal failed on 6 November 2006.<ref>]: , 6 November 2006</ref>


As a consequence of the ruling, Zuma was dismissed from his post as deputy president by ] ] on ]. As a consequence of the ruling, Zuma was dismissed from his post as deputy president by ] ] on 14 June 2005.


On ] ] his appeal to the Constitutional Court for his conviction and sentence for corruption and fraud was turned down with the court ruling that "An appeal against conviction and sentence does not bear any reasonable prospect of success".<ref></ref> On 2 October 2007, Shaik's appeal to the ] of his conviction and sentence for corruption and fraud was turned down, with the court ruling that "An appeal against conviction and sentence does not bear any reasonable prospect of success".<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518071634/http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71619?oid=83494&sn=Marketingweb+detail |date=18 May 2009 }}</ref>


However, the court ruled that there might be a constitutional issue related to the seizure of assets belonging to him and his company and granted leave to appeal on that point. The court dismissed this appeal in April 2008.<ref>For more details about the court judgment, see ].</ref> Prosecutor in the case, ], said afterwards that Shaik's only option now is to petition the President Kgalema Motlanthe. However, the court ruled that there might be a constitutional issue related to the ] belonging to him and his company, and granted leave to appeal on that point. The court dismissed this appeal in April 2008.<ref>For more details about the court judgment, see ].</ref>


==Parole== ==Parole==
On 3 March 2009 Shaik was released on medical parole, after serving two years and four months of his 15-year prison term. <ref> ''M&G''</ref><ref> ''News24''</ref><ref> ''M&G''</ref> The head of cardiology at Inkosi ] hospital in Durban discharged Shaik in December 2008 because he was considered well enough to leave. However, Shaik remained in the ward until his parole.<ref> ''IOL''</ref> On 3 March 2009 Shaik was released on ], after serving two years and four months of his 15-year prison term.<ref> ''M&G''</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306123618/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2479277,00.html |date=6 March 2009 }} ''News24''</ref><ref> ''M&G''</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/shaik-at-risk-of-heart-attack-20090310 |title=Shaik 'at risk of heart attack' |work=] |date=10 March 2009 |access-date=22 December 2023 |quote=Health department spokesperson Leon Mbangwa said: "Mr Shaik had been diagnosed with systematic hypertension as far back as 2001 at the age of 44 years."}}</ref> The head of ] at Inkosi ] hospital in Durban, Professor DP Naidoo, personally discharged Shaik in December 2008 because he was considered well enough to leave. However, Shaik remained in the ward until his parole.<ref> ''IOL''</ref> There have been several accusations of Shaik violating the terms of his parole – including staying at Thanda Private Game Reserve for three nights in June 2009.<ref> ''M&G''</ref> The ] said Shaik's ] had given him permission to ] in a luxury lodge.<ref> Shaik was also photographed enjoying a round of Golf as well as Smoking Cuban Cigars.''IOL''</ref>


==References in Popular Culture== ==References in popular culture==
In November 2006 the South African ] ] ran a series of strips lampooning Shaik's arrival in prison, followed in March 2009 by a series lampooning Shaik's dismissal. In November 2006 the South African ] ] ran a series of strips lampooning Shaik's arrival in prison, followed in March 2009 by a series lampooning Shaik's dismissal.

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Schabir Shaik (born 1956 or 1957) is a South African businessman from Berea, Durban, who rose to prominence due to his close association with former South African President Jacob Zuma during Zuma's time as Deputy President. On 2 June 2005, he was found guilty of corruption and fraud, which also led to Zuma's dismissal by then President Thabo Mbeki.

Early life and career

Shaik was born in Johannesburg in the former Transvaal and grew up in Greenwood Park in Durban in the former Natal province. His father was an Indian South African from Pietermaritzburg in Natal; his mother was half-white and died in a car accident when he was a child. He is one of six brothers – his elder brothers are Salim and Faisal, and his younger brothers are Yunus, Moe, and Chippy – and also has a sister. In the early 1980s, his brother Yunus recruited him into an underground cell of the anti-apartheid African National Congress (ANC). In later years, his work for the ANC reportedly included transferring donor funds from London to South Africa.

At the same time, Shaik worked as a lecturer in the electrical engineering department at Peninsula Techikon until he resigned in 1986 because the institution raised questions about the veracity of his claim to hold a Hawaiian degree certificate. He pursued a Master's diploma in engineering at the ML Sultan Technikon but left in 1990 after he was suspended for one year because, according to the institution, he cheated on an exam.

Post-apartheid career

Nkobi Holdings

After the ANC was unbanned by the apartheid government in 1990, Shaik became an adviser to Thomas Nkobi, who at the time was ANC Treasurer-General. In early 1995, the year after apartheid ended, Shaik founded Nkobi Holdings and Nkobi Investments, named after Thomas Nkobi, who had recently died. Shaik had initially claimed that the Nkobi family trust held shares in Nkobi Holdings, justifying his use of Nkobi's name; the Nkobi family denied that they held such shares or that any such family trust existed.

Shaik's companies were based in the new province of KwaZulu-Natal and ultimately encompassed broad interests in defence, information technology, and infrastructure. Several sources told the Mail & Guardian that during the mid-1990s Shaik attempted to use his ANC affiliation to further his business interests. Shaik later said that he and Nkobi had admired Malaysia's bumiputera economic policy and that the Malaysian policy had inspired him to offer the ANC shares in his companies, an offer rejected by the ANC in 1995.

Transport contracts

Under Mac Maharaj, who was Minister of Transport from 1994 to 1999, the Department of Transport granted a R264-million contract to Prodiba, a consortium of companies which included a stake for Thomson-CSF (now Thales) and a 33 per cent stake for an Nkobi Holdings subsidiary called KobiTech. The contract was to produce South African driving licenses in a new card format and it was cancelled in 2013, although KobiTech was expelled from the consortium before then in 2007. During Maharaj's tenure, another major contract – dealing with upgrades to the N3 highway – was granted to another consortium, the N3 Toll Road Consortium, of which Nkobi was a member. The Scorpions investigated Maharaj for several years on suspicion that the transport contracts had been granted improperly.

Arms Deal contracts

Main article: South African Arms Deal

Shaik's relationship with Thomson-CSF extended beyond their partnership in the driving license consortium. Nkobi Investments owned shares in Thomson-CSF and in Thomson-CSF Holdings, a joint venture with Thomson incorporated inside South Africa. He also had a significant stake in Altech Defence Systems (ADS, later renamed African Defence Systems), which Thomson-CSF acquired between April 1998 and February 1999. In the latter half of the 1990s, Shaik held directorships at Thomson-CSF, Thomson-CSF Holdings, Nkobi Holdings, Nkobi Investments, and ADS. Shaik thus acquired a substantial interest in the 1999 Arms Deal, a major defence procurement project of the South African government: both Thomson and ADS submitted bids for several defence contracts under the deal. Ultimately, when the deal was finalised in 1999, both companies were awarded subcontracts for the four Valour-class frigates which were to be procured for the South African Navy – in the case of Thomson-CSF, the subcontract was to provide the combat suites for the frigates.

Relationship to Jacob Zuma

Shaik was a personal friend of Jacob Zuma, an ANC stalwart who had known Shaik and his brothers during apartheid and who was appointed Deputy President of South Africa in 1999. In 2002, a Zuma spokesman said that their friendship was rooted in their shared experiences in the ANC in the 1980s. By that time, Shaik was also Zuma's personal financial adviser.

In May 2002, Shaik appeared in court on charges that he illegally possessed classified minutes of President Thabo Mbeki's cabinet; the documents were seized in a Scorpions raid.

He had a long-standing friendship with Jacob Zuma, who needed assistance with his finances after returning from political exile in Mozambique in 1990. Zuma had been elected Chairperson of the African National Congress, and Shaik assisted him financially, mostly in the form of interest-free loans with no date of repayment.

Nkobi Holdings was initially wholly owned by Shaik. The shareholding went through various permutations subsequently, however Shaik was at all relevant times a director of, and exercised effective control over, all the corporate entities within the Nkobi group.

His brother, Chippy Shaik, was in charge of arms acquisition at the Department of Defence, which allowed Shaik to bid on a lucrative contract to supply Valour class patrol corvettes to the South African Navy.

Fraud and corruption

Main article: Schabir Shaik trial

By 2002, Shaik was under investigation by the Scorpions in connection with his relationship to Zuma and Thales. He was put on trial for fraud and corruption at the Durban High Court from 11 October 2004. During the course of the trial, Shaik admitted that he falsified his qualifications and business achievements.

The trial ended on 4 May 2005, with Judge Hilary Squires delivering his verdict on 2 June. Shaik was found guilty on two counts of corruption and one count of fraud, with judge Squires stating in his 165-page verdict that there was "overwhelming" evidence of a corrupt relationship between Shaik and Zuma. The fraud charge related to testimony by Ahmed Paruk, Shaik's auditor, that Shaik held a meeting with him and Shaik's financial manager, where it was agreed that false journal entries be made to alter Nkobi Holdings' financial statements. The second corruption charge relates to alleged attempts to solicit a bribe to Zuma from Thomson CSF.

On 8 June 2005 he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment on each of the two counts of corruption, as well as 3 years on the count of fraud. The sentences were to run concurrently, giving him an effective 15-year prison term. He was given leave to appeal against his sentence on 26 July; his bail was extended until then. His appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal failed on 6 November 2006.

As a consequence of the ruling, Zuma was dismissed from his post as deputy president by President Thabo Mbeki on 14 June 2005.

On 2 October 2007, Shaik's appeal to the Constitutional Court of his conviction and sentence for corruption and fraud was turned down, with the court ruling that "An appeal against conviction and sentence does not bear any reasonable prospect of success".

However, the court ruled that there might be a constitutional issue related to the seizure of assets belonging to him and his company, and granted leave to appeal on that point. The court dismissed this appeal in April 2008.

Parole

On 3 March 2009 Shaik was released on medical parole, after serving two years and four months of his 15-year prison term. The head of cardiology at Inkosi Albert Lutuli hospital in Durban, Professor DP Naidoo, personally discharged Shaik in December 2008 because he was considered well enough to leave. However, Shaik remained in the ward until his parole. There have been several accusations of Shaik violating the terms of his parole – including staying at Thanda Private Game Reserve for three nights in June 2009. The Department of Correctional Services said Shaik's parole officer had given him permission to recuperate in a luxury lodge.

References in popular culture

In November 2006 the South African comic strip Madam & Eve ran a series of strips lampooning Shaik's arrival in prison, followed in March 2009 by a series lampooning Shaik's dismissal.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Band of brothers in the thick of things". IOL. 22 November 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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  5. ^ "Schabir's shaky past". Mail & Guardian. 13 December 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. "Shaik 'cheated' in exam". News24. 21 November 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. Soggot, Mungo (2 November 2001). "Nkobi Family Distances itself from Arms Firm". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2022 – via ArmsDealVPO.
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  9. "Shaikh got card licence deal". News24. 1 March 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  10. "Mac Maharaj and Schabir Shaik investigated in Hawks' probe of driver's licence deal". Business Day. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  11. ^ "The evidence that damns Mac". Mail & Guardian. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  12. ^ Report of the joint investigation into the Strategic Defence Procurement Packages (PDF). Pretoria: Government Printer. 14 November 2001.
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  14. Open Secrets (5 May 2020). "Jacob Zuma – Comrade in Arms". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  15. Vasagar, Jeevan (14 June 2005). "Mbeki fires deputy in corruption scandal". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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  17. "Arms bidder in court over ministers' minutes". IOL. 27 May 2002. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  18. IOL: Shaik, Zuma deals «against the Constitution», 6 November 2006
  19. SAPA "Schabir Shaik's final appeal dismissed", Politicsweb.co.za, 3 October 2007. Archived 18 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  20. For more details about the court judgment, see Schabir Shaik trial.
  21. Opposition slams release of Schabir Shaik M&G
  22. Expert: Shaik's release strange Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine News24
  23. Parole only for terminally ill, says judge M&G
  24. "Shaik 'at risk of heart attack'". News24. 10 March 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2023. Health department spokesperson Leon Mbangwa said: "Mr Shaik had been diagnosed with systematic hypertension as far back as 2001 at the age of 44 years."
  25. 'I discharged Shaik months ago from hospital' IOL
  26. Schabir Shaik's parole paradise M&G
  27. Shaik had 'permission' to use luxury retreat Shaik was also photographed enjoying a round of Golf as well as Smoking Cuban Cigars.IOL

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