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Pieter Groenewald

‘Wasn’t me’ — Correctional Services accused of shifting blame for criminal trio’s early prison release

Maverick News

‘Wasn’t me’ — Correctional Services accused of shifting blame for criminal trio’s early prison release

By Caryn Dolley

Calls for urgent overhaul of parole system following disturbing crimes against children

South Africa

Calls for urgent overhaul of parole system following disturbing crimes against children

By Vincent Cruywagen

Cape Town killer detained again after early jail release due to paperwork fiasco

Maverick News

Cape Town killer detained again after early jail release due to paperwork fiasco

By Caryn Dolley

Paperwork problems and misinformation — how Cape Town murder and rape convicts ‘vanished’ from jail

South Africa

Paperwork problems and misinformation — how Cape Town murder and rape convicts ‘vanished’ from jail

By Caryn Dolley

Rape survivor Alison Botha’s attackers back behind bars after minister revokes parole

South Africa

Rape survivor Alison Botha’s attackers back behind bars after minister revokes parole

By Marianne Thamm

Frans du Toit – how poverty, abuse and addiction shaped the serial rapist who almost killed Alison Botha

South Africa

Frans du Toit – how poverty, abuse and addiction shaped the serial rapist who almost killed Alison Botha

By Marianne Thamm

Jailhouse rot - SA prisons plagued by a cellphones, cash, drugs, knives and alcohol smuggling hub

South Africa

Jailhouse rot - SA prisons plagued by a cellphones, cash, drugs, knives and alcohol smuggling hub

By Caryn Dolley

Dear DA and City of Cape Town: Please stop the bullying tactics

South Africa

Dear DA and City of Cape Town: Please stop the bullying tactics

By Rebecca Davis

Coalition ministers poised to butt heads with the tough realities of governance

South Africa

Coalition ministers poised to butt heads with the tough realities of governance

By Stephen Grootes

Alison Botha — small steps to recovery after aneurysm while parole for attackers faces review

Maverick News

Alison Botha — small steps to recovery after aneurysm while parole for attackers faces review

By Marianne Thamm

Minister ‘categorically refutes’ Liebenberg’s claim he ordered prison officials to ‘make his life hell’

Maverick News

Minister ‘categorically refutes’ Liebenberg’s claim he ordered prison officials to ‘make his life hell’

By Vincent Cruywagen

Anti-corruption stances, an apartheid abduction and death penalty calls — SA’s security ministers have textured pasts

Politics

Anti-corruption stances, an apartheid abduction and death penalty calls — SA’s security ministers have textured pasts

By Caryn Dolley