We’ll believe him ... Shaik’s miraculous decade of terminal illness

11 March 2019 - 07:00 By Jeff Wicks
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Convicted fraudster and close Jacob Zuma ally Schabir Shaik was spotted in Durban in 2012 after being released on medical parole.
Up and about Convicted fraudster and close Jacob Zuma ally Schabir Shaik was spotted in Durban in 2012 after being released on medical parole.
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In defiance of medical convention and against the best predictions of a team of doctors, convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik has survived a decade since his release from prison on medical parole.

Both Shaik and his doctor have insisted to Times Select that the correct medical decision was taken at the time.

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