Medical parole system is failing dying prisoners
Prisoners with terminal illnesses or severe incapacitation due to injury or disease may be released early under South African... Read more
26 Aug
Erik Menendez denied parole, decades after parents’ murders
Los Angeles – Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday more than three decades after he and his brother Lyle... Read more
22 Aug
WATCH | Zondo blasts Zuma’s ‘coincidental’ parole — ‘the law was mocked’
Cape Town – Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has questioned the legitimacy of former president Jacob Zuma’s release from... Read more
7 May
Minister Groenewald reverses parole for Alison Botha’s two attackers
Cape Town — Minister of Correctional Services, Dr Pieter Groenewald, has been praised for his decision to cancel the... Read more
4 Feb
WATCH | Mbalula slams Waluś deportation as ‘injustice’
Cape Town – The deportation of Janusz Waluś, the convicted assassin of South African Communist Party (SACP) leader Chris... Read more
8 Dec, 2024
Lauren Dickason to be deported to South Africa following prison sentence
Cape Town — Former South African doctor currently living in New Zealand, Lauren Dickason has been served with a... Read more
23 Oct, 2024
Parole for Najwa Petersen set to be reviewed – Groenewald
Cape Town — The Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board (CSPRB) will review the decision to grant parole to... Read more
28 Sep, 2024
Groenewald attends to 385 parole bids, vows to resolve backlog by October 2024
Cape Town — Minister of Correctional Services, Pieter Groenewald, has informed the department’s Portfolio Committee on its current status... Read more
19 Sep, 2024
Correctional Services grants parole to Najwa Petersen
Cape Town — The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) confirmed that Najwa Petersen was granted parole after 15 years... Read more
12 Sep, 2024
Oscar Pistorius prepares for parole with strict no-alcohol, no-interview rules
Cape Town – Convicted murderer and former Olympian Oscar Pistorius, who killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, is... Read more
4 Jan, 2024
