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Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald

Pieter Groenewald: Correctional Services

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…

The balance  balance between integration and stigma could bring down South Africa’s high rate of re-offending.

Reform of parole policy in South Africa — fact or fiction?

Finland, with its balance between integration and stigma, could be a model for South Africa to bring down its high rate of re-offending

The God Edition | How faith guides South Africa’s politicians

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

File photo by Oupa Nkosi

Correctional services grilled over contraband crisis

The portfolio committee has demanded tougher action as thousands of illicit items flood prisons

Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Pieter Groenewald

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…

Businessman Thoshan Panday. (File photo)

Thoshan Panday granted R100 000 bail in tax fraud matter

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. (Frederik Lerneryd)

Korner Talk: Of xenophobia and the RSA DNA

The X-word gets trotted out like a beauty pageant contestant to dismiss legitimate border control issues

Honest day’s work: Pieter Groenewald, the new minister of correctional affairs, wants prisoners to earn their keep. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty

New Ooms sweep clean

Down in the kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is also cleaning house

FF Plus manifesto: No BEE or NHI, focus on local government 

The party also wants lower personal and company taxes and a fiscal commission to oversee public spending

Multi-Party Charter ready for takeoff, but Codesa III it is not

There have been no walkouts or temper tantrums as opposition parties bury the hatchet

(John McCann/M&G)

Masses lulled by South Africa’s wealthy and powerful

The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future

Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue (RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

Denel’s plant near Macassar stays put, despite residents’ concerns

Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue

ActionSA is the dark horse of this year’s local government elections. (Photo by Papi Morake/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

ActionSA’s rise, low voter turnout likely to dominate aftermath of this year’s elections

The projections suggest that the two biggest parties — the ANC and the DA — will be eating a huge piece of humble pie as both the broad church and the blue party will see a…

This picture taken on 3 September 2018 shows emergency vehicles outside the Rheinmetall Denel munitions facility in Macassar, about 45km from the centre of Cape Town, after an explosion at the facility killed at least 8 people and injured  more. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

‘It is no longer safe for Denel to be based in Macassar’

Calls to end production at Rheinmetall Denel Munition after yet another blast rocks the Somerset West area, the fifth since 2018

Selective: The Freedom Front Plus, whose posters hang in the streets of Danville in Pretoria, says it is contesting all eight metros but believes it can be a kingmaker in Tshwane. Photo: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images

Municipal elections: Smaller parties battle for kingmaker status

They will most likely punch above their weight in municipalities to gain leverage from the ANC and DA in next month’s local government elections.

Voting for Vearey: A silent protest was held in Cape Town for dismissed top cop Jeremy Vearey. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Culture of secrecy rules the police’

Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS

Combat: A South African soldier wearing the post-1994 camouflage uniform on a 2018 mission in the DRC. Photo: John Wessels/AFP

SANDF’s ‘dignity’ comes with a R200m price tag

Find out about the SANDF’s new uniform, which is costing taxpayers close to R200-million, while mission-critical equipment is not maintained

The FF+ received a lot of interest from the public after it achieved 2.3% of the national vote at the time of writing — up from 0.8% in 2014. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Elections biggest winner benefits from DA losses

With just over half the votes counted, the FF+ has already doubled its 2014 votes

The former Western Cape Premier says his election platform will be based on equal rights for all. (David Harrison/M&G)

Marais makes comeback as FF+ Western Cape Premier candidate

The Freedom Front Plus describes Marais as the Western Cape’s most experienced politician, adding he will keep the Democratic Alliance on its toes

(John McCann/M&G)

Justice dept paid R24m for Zuma’s legal costs – Masutha

Last year in Parliament, Zuma refused to answer questions about his legal costs, and told the National Council of Provinces it was "not [his] problem"