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CALL TO REVIEW PAROLE

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April 14, 2025

CONCERNS have arisen about the high percentage of parolees becoming reoffenders after being released onto the Cape Flats.

- By MAHIRA DUVAL

CALL TO REVIEW PAROLE

A report released by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) have shown that 10.6% of over 2 000 offenders who were released on parole over the past year had committed various violent crimes including rape and murder.

The report comes amid questions by DA MP Nicholas Gotsell to Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald, about the numbers of parolees released into the communities of Delft, Elsies River, Manenberg and various others.

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