'I am not sick'

Selebi in his own words: I am not bedridden because I am not sick. I am not under house arrest ... surely I can go to buy Sunday newspapers ... I did not know that this was a crime.

It is tough this dialysis but I am feeling much better, much much better. My doctors said I will remain on dialysis for the rest of my life. There are two types. Haemodialysis [is] where you go to the hospital, where you are put on machines, three times a week for four-hour sessions.

The [there is] the kind I am on, which is manual dialysis. This happens daily at home. It happens four times a day - 6am, 12pm, 6pm, 10pm - and my wife, a registered nurse, cares for me.

Besides this, my health is fine ... my heart is good, although my eyes, especially my left one, are a bit bad, which makes reading difficult although I still read a lot.

I spend most of my days at home, resting and relaxing, seeing visitors, including family and friends occasionally, although I do not see Glen Agliotti [whose testimony led to Selebi's downfall].

If I need to see family, I can go--- for several hours if needs be ... any day and any time I wish to, but like I said, I mainly stay at home, with my wife and one of our two children. My other child lives and works in Cape Town and is very successful.

The photograph and the news report [about him shopping in Pretoria were] lousy. Clearly there was no other news to report on except me out shopping, which I am allowed to do.

I was not driving ... it was my niece ... it was her driving her elderly uncle around.

Other than this I have nothing else to say except that I am being taken care of very well and that I hope my health continues to improve.