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According to the department of public service and administration, a candidate will be subjected to a personnel suitability check before an appointment. (Paul Botes/M&G)
CRIMINAL RECORDS

State workers must disclose crimes

​Jacob Melusi Motha has not been the only convict to work in the public service

  • Athandiwe Saba
1 min read
Lest we forget: Families lay flowers at the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Soweto on June 16 this year during celebrations to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in 1976.
CRIMINAL RECORDS

Letters to the editor: June 24 to 30 2016

Readers write in about 1976, criminal politicians, and the SABC.

  • Letters
5 min read
Justice Minister Michael Masutha told Parliament he would be convening a national consultative conference on criminal records this year.
CRIMINAL LAW

Justice department wants to give offenders a second chance

A proposed amendment to the Criminal Procedures Act might pave the way for former offenders to apply to have their criminal records expunged.

  • Gemma Ritchie
1 min read