Mbeki gets Jali report
2005-12-15 18:03
Pretoria - President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday received the final report of the Jali Commission set up in 2001 to probe prison corruption and maladministration.
Mbeki said he had yet to study the document, whereafter a decision would be made on whether to release it publicly or not.
The report comprises five volumes of about 1 500 pages and was compiled after 105 weeks of hearings involving 516 witnesses.
Mbeki said the report would strengthen the hand of the government in taking the necessary steps to deal with problems in the department of correctional services.
- SAPA