The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed that the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) has considered the parole placement of offender Najwa Petersen.

Following its assessment, the board has directed that 63-year-old Petersen be afforded a further profile.

Petersen was convicted and sentenced to 28 years in prison in 2006 for orchestrating the murder of her husband, musician and theatre legend Taliep Petersen.

Taliep Petersen was shot dead in his home in Athlone in December 2006.

The Department of Correctional Services spokesperson, Singabakho Nxumalo, says this includes the completion of specified intervention programmes within a set timeframe, as recommended by the Board.

“Her parole placement will be reconsidered once these programmes have been successfully completed and all related requirements have been met,” said Nxumalo

This comes after the decision by the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board to grant parole to Najwa Petersen, who was referred to the Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board in September 2024.

At the time, Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald said the referral followed growing concerns raised by the family of the victim, Taliep Petersen, and other members of the public.

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