Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has ordered a review of a decision to grant the Griekwastad murderer parole. ParoleThe Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) in Upington approved the 29-year-old murderer’s parole placement effective from 26 March 2026, until the expiry of his sentence on 13 March 2034. ALSO READ: Parole board gives Donovan Moodley’s parole a thumbs up, Matthews family not happyReferralDepartmental spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the decision has been referred to the Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board for review. “In terms of section 75(8) of the Correctional Services Act, any decision of a Correctional Supervision and Parole Board is final, except that the Minister, the National Commissioner or the Inspecting Judge may refer the matter to the Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board for reconsideration and pending the outcome of the decision of the Correctional Supervision and Parole Review Board, the decision of the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board is suspended.”SuspendedNxumalo said, therefore, until the review is undertaken, the parole placement decision made by the CSPB is suspended. ALSO READ: Parole board denies Najwa Petersen’s latest bid for release