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South Africa's criminal justice system faces mounting challenges as Police Minister Senzo Mchunu reveals over 16 000 accused persons are evading bail conditions. Adding to the crisis, more than 18 000 parolees have been re-arrested for new offences, raising serious questions about the effectiveness of current rehabilitation programmes and bail monitoring systems.
Pieter Groenewald resigns as leader of the FF Plus to dedicate his efforts to the role of Minister of Correctional Services, highlighting the need for new leadership and addressing pressing issues within South Africa's prison system.
Nearly half of South Africa's correctional facilities lack adequate perimeter fencing, with R1bn needed to address deficiencies at 120 prisons, raising serious concerns about community safety.
DA leader John Steenhuisen used the SONA debate to restate why his party was part of the Government of the National Unity (GNU), which is to block the EFF and MK from power and to turn South Africa’s economy around.
FF Plus urges political parties to challenge the constitutionality of the Expropriation Bill, citing risks to property rights and investor confidence.
DA Leader John Steenhuisen will outline the party’s response to the Expropriation Bill signed by President Ramaphosa, addressing concerns over its constitutionality and implications for South African rights.
South African prisoners achieve a remarkable 96. 2% pass rate in the 2024 Matric exams, with 13 schools reaching a 100% pass rate, showcasing the transformative power of education.
Groenewald said with an average overcrowding rate of approximately 46%, there was an urgent need to construct or regain a total of 50 000 bed spaces.
South African prisons are facing a severe contraband crisis, with nearly a thousand kilograms of drugs and thousands of weapons seized. The DA calls for urgent Cabinet intervention to address the escalating problem.
Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has revealed in a written Parliamentary reply the urgent need for 50,000 beds, as overcrowding in prison facilities has reached its critical level at the country’s prisons.
The department spent R8. 2m on hotel accommodation for four officials who were transferred from the head office to the Eastern Cape between 2021 to date.
Mthobisi Mncube’s legal team has recently told the court in the Senzo Meyiwa murder that the accused man has been kept in solitary confinement for four years.
Louis Liebenberg believes there are far more sinister motives behind his arrest last week.
Correctional Services Minister, Dr Pieter Groenewald, has asked Louis Liebenberg to name officials ordered to make his life a living hell in prison. This comes after Liebenberg’s allegations in court this week.
Reports of inmate privileges spark DA’s call for systemic probe, questioning justice and oversight in KwaZulu-Natal correctional facilities.
Although the stability of electricity supply pre-dates the formation of GNU, Kganki Matabane said Kgosientsho Ramokgopa must be given credit for the continuity.
Glory Matipile of Baagi Ba South Africa said her NPO has records of around 800 South Africans convicted and sentenced in foreign countries, with the frequent crime being drug trafficking.
The Public Protector released a report which found that officials from the Department of Correctional Service acted improperly during Thabo’s Bester’s infamous escape.
The AG had not provided an expected date of submission of the final audit and management report.
As South Africans continue to feel the pinch of high interest rates and the rising cost of living, it is important to look at what the people who run the country make each year.
The Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board has overturned a decision to grant parole to Marius van der Westhuizen.
The Department of Correctional Services has launched an investigation after it was revealed that George ‘Geweld’ Thomas, a leader of the 28s prison gang, has been transferred to Helderstroom Prison.
A low-carbon economy and society, means an economy and society with low levels of activity, which contradicts Ramaphosa’s claims that the GNU will increase economic activity and create jobs.
Zuma’s appearance in the parliamentary corridors took place during the debate on the Opening of Parliament Address (OPA) delivered by his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa.
His department needed strategic investment in innovative programmes and commitment to justice and humanity.