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Child killer: Norman Afzal Simons, the ‘Station Strangler’, arrives at the Kuils River magistrate’s court, Cape Town, in June 1994. (Leon Muller/AFP)
BRIAN MASHILE

Locked in: Parole system in South Africa works for no one

Reform is on the cards while life sentences pile up, causing major delays in applications

  • Eunice Masson
10 min read
A familiar face: Alison Botha spoke out publicly about her attack and wrote a book about it. But her newly freed attackers won’t be as easily recognised in public.
ALISON BOTHA

Rape survivor Alison Botha doesn’t know parole conditions of her attackers

She was raped, stabbed and had her throat slit by Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger in 1994. The judge said they should never get parole

  • Eunice Masson
6 min read
CEDRIC MAAKE

Can South Africa’s parole system keep four serial killers locked behind bars?

It’s had a 99% success rate for parolees and probationers complying with release conditions over three years but an expert believes the system needs an overhaul

  • Eunice Masson
6 min read