Pieter Groenewald
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Pieter Groenewald: Correctional Services
SCORE: C In 2025, Groenewald stepped down from his leadership role in the Freedom Front Plus to focus on his ministerial duties. In June, parliament’s portfolio committee on…
Reform of parole policy in South Africa — fact or fiction?
Finland, with its balance between integration and stigma, could be a model for South Africa to bring down its high rate of re-offending
The God Edition | How faith guides South Africa’s politicians
For this year’s Mail & Guardian God Edition, we asked a number of the country’s prominent politicians what role faith plays in their lives
Correctional services grilled over contraband crisis
The portfolio committee has demanded tougher action as thousands of illicit items flood prisons
Pieter Groenewald
SCORE: C+ There has been a case of new ooms sweeping clean in the prisons department, where new minister Pieter Groenewald has made significant progress. Groenewald has…
Thoshan Panday granted R100 000 bail in tax fraud matter
The Umhlanga-based businessman will appear in the Durban High Court on 15 February on corruption and tax-related charges
Korner Talk: Of xenophobia and the RSA DNA
The X-word gets trotted out like a beauty pageant contestant to dismiss legitimate border control issues
New Ooms sweep clean
Down in the kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is also cleaning house
FF Plus manifesto: No BEE or NHI, focus on local government
The party also wants lower personal and company taxes and a fiscal commission to oversee public spending
Multi-Party Charter ready for takeoff, but Codesa III it is not
There have been no walkouts or temper tantrums as opposition parties bury the hatchet
Masses lulled by South Africa’s wealthy and powerful
The people need to remove their blinkers and reclaim their minds to achieve a better future
Denel’s plant near Macassar stays put, despite residents’ concerns
Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue
ActionSA’s rise, low voter turnout likely to dominate aftermath of this year’s elections
The projections suggest that the two biggest parties — the ANC and the DA — will be eating a huge piece of humble pie as both the broad church and the blue party will see a…
‘It is no longer safe for Denel to be based in Macassar’
Calls to end production at Rheinmetall Denel Munition after yet another blast rocks the Somerset West area, the fifth since 2018
Municipal elections: Smaller parties battle for kingmaker status
They will most likely punch above their weight in municipalities to gain leverage from the ANC and DA in next month’s local government elections.