South African Prisoners Organisation For

Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the release of convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik on medical parole.

About 900 prisoners have embarked on a hunger strike at the Baviaanspoort medium security prison outside Pretoria, a rights group said.

Mark Scott-Crossley, one of the men who threw a worker’s body to lions in Hoedspruit in 2004, was released on parole on Thursday.