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DA MP Glynnis Breyetenbach.

DA MP Glynnis Breyetenbach.

Jan Gerber

Special remissions - like the one that saw former president Jacob Zume released from jail - are set to be repeated as the Department of Correctional Services grapples with overcrowding.

Without referring to Zuma, Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola defended the remission in August to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, saying it reduced overcrowding by 15%.

DA MPs Janho Engelbrecht and Glynnis Breytenbach were not impressed.

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