Supporters of Petersen’s family said the revelations at the Zondo commission reminded them of the uphill battle to keep correctional services clean
On Tuesday, Agrizzi detailed the events leading up to Vernie Petersen’s removal from the department of correctional services
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/ 28 February 2011
Vernie Petersen, the director general of the department of sport and recreation, died in Pretoria on Sunday.
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/ 3 November 2008
Deputy President Baleka Mbete has emerged as a key role player in the removal of prisons director general Vernie Petersen from his job.
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/ 26 October 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe faces a political storm after his deputy ordered that the directors general of correctional services and sport swap jobs.
The M&G previously reported that Bosasa is under investigation by the SIU for alleged tender fraud relating to DCS contracts.
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/ 19 February 2008
The first of South Africa’s long-planned "new generation" prisons should be completed by February next year, MPs heard on Tuesday. The R662-million Kimberley Correctional Centre was more than one-third completed by the end of last month, prisons commissioner Vernie Petersen said.