The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) reported that during 2023, 3 159 offenders, who had been sentenced to more than 24 months of imprisonment, were released on parole. This includes 760 prisoners who were released during August to November 2023 as a result of the ‘Special Remission of Sentence’ announced on 11 August 2023. Of those released because of the special remission, 383 (50%) are reporting to the South African Police Service (SAPS) stations where the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers are deployed.
The SAPS stations and number of parolees consist of:
x41 Bishop Lavis;
x58 Delft;
x17 Grassy Park;
x20 Gugulethu;
x31 Harare;
x34 Khayelitsha;
x31 Kraaifontein;
x6 Lingelethu West;
x20 Manenberg;
x20 Mfuleni;
x62 Mitchells Plain;
x23 Nyanga;
x36 Philippi/Hanover Park;
x13 Philippi East; and
x10 Steenberg.
The SAPS has reported that by 20 November 2023, 113 parolees re-offended, and have been rearrested.
Among others they were arrested for:
x19 assault;
x14 theft;
x4 murder; and
x3 attempted murder;
x3 possession of a firearm; and
x7 possession of a dangerous weapon.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said, “these reoffences are a major concern for the Western Cape Government. We are doing everything that we can to make the Western Cape safer, but the number of repeat offenders just makes it even harder to successfully fight crime. Considering where many of the parolees have returned to and the escalation in violence that we’ve seen recently, one can only conclude that there is a correlation between their release and what is currently happening certain communities. Western Cape Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen has written to the SAPS and DCS on the programmes in place to monitor the parolees, and further requested that we receive an update on parolees adhering to their parole conditions, and what punitive measures are in place should there be any transgressions.”
Minister Reagen Allen added, “parole is a privilege that is afforded by our country’s laws, but we will not have any parolee conducting themselves outside the parameters of their parole conditions, nor the law. SAPS and DCS should also inform the communities where these parolees have been released, who they are, the crimes they have committed, while encouraging them to report any transgressions. As the Western Cape Government, we commit to ensuring that these parolees pay their full debt to society, and also become positive contributors to their respective communities. It is important to us that our residents live without fear.”
Sugar Apple
Van is getting married, but he and his fiancee have never done the deed – in fact he\’s never been with any woman before. He\’s getting more and more nervous as the big day approaches, so he confides in his friend. His friend says \’No worries man. I\’ll come by the honeymoon suite before you guys get there, and I\’ll hide behind the curtain, and I\’ll whisper instructions to you.\’
\’You\’d do that for me?\’
\’Sure thing man!\’
So the wedding day arrives, it was a lovely service (so I was told, I wasn\’t there myself) and Van\’s friend sneaks into the honeymoon suite as promised and hides behind the curtain.
Van and his new wife arrive in the room, get settled on the bed, and things are getting steamy.
But Van is still super nervous and his tummy is bubbling, so he murmers to his wife, \’Listen babe, I\’m just gonna go to the bathroom quick. I think it\’s that wors roll from earlier.\’
\’Sure thing babe.\’
So Van goes into the bathroom, and he\’s taking quite a long time. And his wife is starting to feel the nerves herself. And it\’s getting worse. She can\’t hold it in. But she doesn\’t want to go after he\’s gone and totally ruin the mood. So she looks around and finally finds a shoebox. Quickly, she does her business in the shoebox, and she shoves it under the bed just as Van comes back from the loo.
Van gets back on the bed and they go at it again. But after a minute or so Van smells something not so lekker.
\’What\’s that smell?\’
\’Nothing babe,\’ he wife tries to assure him.
\’No man there\’s definitely something not so lekker in this room!\’VSo Van starts looking around the room, in the corners, in the cupboard, and finally he looks under the bed, and sees the shoebox.
He pull it out, and opens it up, and in horror he shouts \’Sies! Daar\’s kak in hierdie doos!\’
And from behind the curtain his friend yells, \’NEE MAN, DRAAI HAAR OM!\”
Essex
Kiff / Kief – cool [kif]/[k-eef] Derived from the Arabic kayf, meaning enjoyment or well-being, kiff or kief is most often used to convey similar feelings of nice, cool, great.Example: “This chow is kiff my bru!”