Deputy Speaker, thank you to the Minister for that reply. I would suggest to the hon Minister that the compelling reasons lie in the fact that by all accounts Mr Shaik is well enough to drive around Durban streets, yet Mr Shaik was released in terms of section 79 of the Correctional Services Act.
That section states that an offender can be released on medical parole only if he or she is in "the final phase of any terminal disease or condition" in order "to die a consolatory and dignified death".
Now if the decision to release Mr Shaik was based on sound medical grounds, why is the Minister so reluctant to have this decision reviewed? Furthermore, Madam Deputy Speaker, what are Mr Shaik's parole conditions; is he adhering to his parole conditions? And why, if he has been released to "die a consolatory and dignified death", has he got parole conditions at all? [Applause.]