Countries

Gang bosses dialing out of jail? – mayor says enough

Cape Town – Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has renewed his call for cellphone signal-blocking technology at Pollsmoor Prison,... Read more

1 Oct, 2025

Countries

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, 2025

World

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, 2025

Countries

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, 2025

Countries

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, 2025

Countries

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

Countries

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

Countries

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

Countries

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

Countries

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