ANC Youth League members have gathered at the Durban City Hall to pay tribute to former police commissioner Jackie Selebi.
The league's Ethekwini region chairperson Amanda Bani said Selebi was being honoured for his contribution in the ANCYL as a convener.
"We are here to honour and respect him for that role. His most recent past is not what we are here to talk about," she said.
Selebi died last week after reportedly suffering from diabetes and kidney problems.
In 2010 Selebi, the former head of Interpol, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for taking bribes from convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti. He was released from Pretoria Central Prison on medical parole less than a year after he started serving his sentence in 2011.
Bani said despite his conviction, the ANCYL would ask the ruling party to honour Selebi with a posthumous award for his role in the fight against Apartheid.
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