Former police chief and convicted criminal Jackie Selebi has died. The ANC says Selebi died this morning.
It’s not clear what the cause of his death is.
Selebi was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment on August 3 2010 for taking bribes from convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti. He collapsed at his house in December 2011 after his final appeal failed.
He was released on medical parole in 2012 in a reportedly critically ill state after the medical parole board on July 20 2012 decided Selebi could be released because he was suffering from irreversible kidney failure, high blood pressure and diabetes.
His sudden decline into ill health surprised independent doctors, who said that kidney failure was normally a disease with slow progression.
At the time of his release on medical parole, Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said Selebi was being sent home because his department had limited capacity to provide care for terminally ill patients.