Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Wednesday Morning Spice

Boeremag’s quiet parole. Russia school shooting. How much SA plumbers make. Zuckerberg’s goat. Man City champs. Caster’s reckless driving. That time Seth Rogen met Tom Cruise.

SA Apartheid Assassin Given Parole

In a move that is sure to anger many around the country one of apartheid/s most notorious criminals has been given parole after serving 20 years.

The ‘Waterkloof 4’ Are Slated For Release

The Waterkloof Four have been slated for parole in February, according to the Correctional Services Department. Reinach Tiedt, Gert van Schalkwyk, Christoff Becker and Frikkie du Preez will be released together on 11 Febuary. The group was initially sentenced to 12 years each after murdering a homeless man in Eastern Pretoria in 2001.

Jackie Selebi Explains Why He Is Allowed To Go To The Shop

Former Head of Interpol and National Police Commissioner, Jackie Selebi was released from prison on medical parole in 2012 for suffering “a medical condition which is terminal, chronic, progressive and has deteriorated or reached an irreversible state.” His lawyers and doctors cited his failing kidneys as a key indicator that Selebi was on his death bed. Selebi has responded to widespread outrage following his being spotted at a mall over the weekend.

Conditions For Selebi’s House Arrest Revealed

Jackie Selebi’s release on medical parole may not be the just thing to do, according to the opinions of the public, but the edge is taken off a little to know it’s not unconditional. A spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services has said that his release will not result in him heading right back to the golf course.

Revived Pagad Will Have Branches Nationwide

Abdus-Salaam Ebrahim, the national coordinator of People Against Gangsterism And Drugs, is busy resurrecting Pagad following his release from prison. The 61-year-old spent nine years in jail and two on parole, but now that he’s a free man, he is driving the resurgence of his movement, with plans to open branches around the country.