Correctional Services on T Yengeni parole

Mr Yengeni's placement under correctional supervision and
parole, Cape Town

14 January 2007

The Minister of Correctional Services today briefed Mr Yengeni and his
family about the regulations of his placement under correctional supervision
which effectively commence tomorrow.

Mr Yengeni is tomorrow, Monday, 15 January 2007, being relocated from
Malmesbury Correctional Centre and placed under correctional supervision. This
is a continuation of sentence outside correctional service custody and places
the offender effectively under house arrest within the confines of very strict
regulations. An offender placed under such regulations has to strictly adhere
to them at all times.

Mr Yengeni will serve his sentence under correctional supervision until his
release in January 2008. He will only be able to live a normal life without any
restriction after this period.

Mr Yengeni's parole conditions are explicitly stipulated under correctional
supervision and parole conditions which are accessible at (http://www.dcs.gov.za).

Conditions under which an offender is placed on correctional supervision are
one of the hardest in terms of correctional services regulations, which
effectively mean that the offender will not be subjected to a life of a normal
citizen.

As the political head of the department who is the most senior accountable
leader of Department of Correctional Services, Minister Ngconde Balfour had to
personally read the "riot act" to Mr Yengeni to ensure that he is fully
informed of the rules and obligations of placement under correctional
supervision.

The Minister has a responsibility to ensure that he takes full
responsibility for any action that has to be taken whilst an offender of Mr
Yengeni's nature is serving correctional supervision.

This has to be done to protect the department's reputation and integrity as
the buck finally stops with the Minister for any matters related to
correctional services.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Luphumzo Kebeni
Media Liaison Officer
Cell: 082 453 2244

Issued by: Department of Correctional Services
14 January 2007

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