Festive mood in air as Cyril Ramaphosa cuts prison sentences.
"It must be emphasised that this remission of sentences excludes those who are sentenced for sexual offences, for violent, aggressive offences, as well as people who are declared dangerous criminals in terms of section 286 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977.
"So those who have been sentenced for sexual offences, rape and murder of women, are not affected by this announcement that I am making," he said.Lamola is scheduled to host a press conference at 2pm on Monday, but it is unclear whether this matter will be covered. Ramaphosa said this was not the first time that such remissions had been granted, saying it was done at the time of former president Nelson Mandela's inauguration in 1994, on the first anniversary of SA's freedom on April 29 1995, and on Mandela's 80th birthday in 1998.
Similar announcements were also made by former president Thabo Mbeki in May 2005 and in celebration of the 18th birthday of SA's democracy in April 2012.
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