By Alicia Mmashakana
The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has decided to engage the Parole Board and Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald on the processes followed in granting parole and deciding when to revoke it.
Committee chairperson Kgomotso Anthea Ramolobeng said on Tuesday that the committee wanted a better understanding of the factors considered when determining whether to revoke parole.
This followed a briefing from Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CSLO) on its role in the minister’s decision to revoke the parole of Theunis Kruger and Frans Adriaan du Toit, who were granted parole in July 2023. They were sentenced to life behind bars for attacking and raping Alison Botha. At the time, Ronald Lamola was the minister of justice and correctional services.
She did not know the two men were on parole and released on various conditions.
According to media reports, the two were placed on parole for
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