Department Of Correctional Services to hold a Victim Dialogue Programme

Imogen Vollenhoven
28 January 2013

The Minister of correctional services Sibusiso Ndebele will meet with the victims of the 1996 Worcester bombing on Wednesday, as part of Correctional services Victim Dialogue programme.

67 victims are arriving by train from Worcester to meet the youngest Worcester bomber at the Pretoria central Correctional Centre.

The bombing happened on Christmas Eve in 1996, the blast killed four people, three of which were children and nearly 70 people were injured.

Spokesperson Logan Maistry said through the Victim Dialogue Programme the Correctional Services Department is embarking on a renewed focus to bring victims of crime, offenders and communities together, so that relationships can be restored and forgiveness sought.

Maistry adds that the main thrust of the programme is to keep as many as possible away from imprisonment, to reconstruction of family units and community systems as well as victim support and empowerment while pursuing the rehabilitation of those already incarcerated to well managed rehabilitation programmes.  

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