Ndebele: renaming of Correctional Service Centres to is meant to assist in creating centres of hope

Athenkosi Mvane
12 April 2013

Correctional Services Minister Sibusiso Ndebele on Thursday said the renaming of correctional centres must assist in transforming places of incarceration to centres of hope and second chances. 

On Wednesday President Jacob Zuma officially renamed the Department of Correctional Services Pretoria Management Area to Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area. 

Ministerial Spokesperson Logan Maistry said that through renaming we also celebrate how far South Africa has come and what we have achieved under difficult conditions of transition from apartheid to freedom and democracy.

“It is against this backdrop that we honour these heroes and heroines” Maistry added.