The SA Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights said granting former Speaker Mapisa-Nqakula bail was 'reckless and unnecessary'.
The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court’s decision to grant bail to former Speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula based on her plea that she is not suited for “terrible prison conditions”, is an insult to the 154 000 prisoners languishing in South Africa’s 243 prisons.Mapisa-Nqakula: Former correctional services minister slammed
According to Budu, Mapisa-Nqakula implies that those well on their way to prison or already serving their terms inside, “are subhuman beings and are children of a lesser God”.
Bail Former Speaker National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Prison Conditions Criticism
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