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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
Norman Afzal Simons, convicted for being ‘the station strangler’, arrives at the Kuilsriver Magistrates Court, Cape Town, 7 June 1994. (AFP)
STATION STRANGLER

‘Station Strangler’ parole: Mitchells Plain residents want 21 unsolved murder cases reopened

Police will meet Parow residents on Tuesday, two days ahead of his release under house arrest in that area

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Norman Simons was charged with 22 murders but only convicted of kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old in Mitchells Plain
CANDICE VAN REENEN

‘Station Strangler’ due to be freed after 28 years in jail

Norman Simons was charged with 22 murders but only convicted of kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old in Mitchells Plain

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read