SCORE: C In 2025, Groenewald stepped down from his leadership role in the Freedom Front Plus to focus on his ministerial duties. In June, parliament’s portfolio committee on correctional services warned of a projected R1.4 billion overspend for the department for the 2024/25 fiscal year. It flagged food costs, a high number of inmates, rising […]
Finland, with its balance between integration and stigma, could be a model for South Africa to bring down its high rate of re-offending
For this year’s Mail & Guardian God Edition, we asked a number of the country’s prominent politicians what role faith plays in their lives
The portfolio committee has demanded tougher action as thousands of illicit items flood prisons
SCORE: C+ There has been a case of new ooms sweeping clean in the prisons department, where new minister Pieter Groenewald has made significant progress. Groenewald has identified five priorities in reforming the parole system; maintenance of 243 prisons; easing overcrowding (prisons are on average 46% over capacity); food production in all prisons and improving […]
The Umhlanga-based businessman will appear in the Durban High Court on 15 February on corruption and tax-related charges
The X-word gets trotted out like a beauty pageant contestant to dismiss legitimate border control issues
Down in the kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is also cleaning house
The party also wants lower personal and company taxes and a fiscal commission to oversee public spending
