The IFP is waiting to see what will happen in six months' time, which is when the portfolio committee was told that the contract with Bosasa will end. The IFP will want to know how many inmates have been trained by Bosasa and given the skills needed to manage the prison kitchens.
Both Bosasa and the department will need to account for this before the end of Bosasa's contract. The misuse of official premises, as well as people doing whatever they wish, is now over. Corrupt officials and contractors must be charged and sentenced for using the department for illegal activities.
Who really qualifies for parole? Mhlonishwa Manzankosi, the IFP has concerns about inmates who are released on parole without substantial reasons being provided for their release. Some of these parolees are hardened criminals who have killed people, but they are released without having served half of their sentences.
Some are released only to find that they are back in prison within 48 hours for committing the same crimes for which they had previously been arrested. Others are released because they are known by some leaders within the government.
Kanti ubugebengu buyakhokhela yini bakithi? Ubugebengu buhamba ngetiye yini noma izigebengu zisuke zithunywe yizikhulu? Abanjani okufanele bakhululwe ngokunciphiselwa isigwebo, ingabe basuke benzeni edlula lokhu okwenziwe izigebengu ezinye?
Ukuba yisiboshwa kufanele kufane kuzo zonke iziboshwa... [Kwaphela isikhathi.] Ngiyabonga. (Translation of isiZulu paragraphs follows.)
[Does crime sometimes pay? Are some criminals treated more leniently than others or perhaps is it officials themselves that encourage them to commit crime? Why are some of them given parole? What makes them so different from others?
All inmates should receive equal treatment... Thank you.] [Time expired.]