Deputy Chairperson, let me start with the hon De Lille. I can assure you, Madam De Lille, that there are no VIP prisons in this country. This country has 243 prisons, and a prison is a prison is a prison and nothing else but a prison.
We will try our best with the youngster you are talking about, Thibedi. We will try our best as we do with everybody who comes into our centres and try to rehabilitate him and correct offending behaviour. We will do the same with him; he will not be treated differently from anybody who comes into our centres. I can assure you of those two things that we will do.
Let me address myself to the hon Selfe. Hon Selfe, I've taken serious note of the allegations that appeared over this weekend about the violation of parole by offender Toni Yengeni. I've already said that the area commissioner and the head of centre there must quickly give me the report. But Mr Selfe, you must understand, I've got 167 000 prisoners in the country. I cannot be concentrating on one particular offender. There are quite a number of offenders in this country. I view the allegations that have been made of breaking parole conditions in a serious light; that is why I've ordered that this thing be done quickly.
There is one law for all offenders in this country, so neither I nor my members may treat offenders according to who they are or whatever they belong to. There is one rule and one law for offenders.
If offender Yengeni is then found to have violated his weekend parole regulations, the necessary steps that are built into the system of corrections in our country will be activated and we will deal with those issues properly.
If any offenders for that matter - over this weekend there were 80 to 90 offenders that were out on weekend parole - if any of them have breached the rules, we will deal with them. But please let's stop the screaming and throwing your toys out of the cot - it's not going to help anybody. Let's just stick to basics and do things correctly. Thank you. [Applause.]