The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has stated that the man who murdered Marike de Klerk, the wife of late former South African President FW de Klerk, will be released on parole on August 30, 2023.
In May 2003, Luyanda Mboniswa was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of de Klerk, robbery with aggravating circumstances, and housebreaking.
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Mboniswa was considered for release in accordance with the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998, according to Correctional Services spokeswoman Singabakho Nxumalo, and has served the minimum needed term in jail.
“Mboniswa will be admitted into the system of community corrections, whereby he is expected to comply with a specific set of parole conditions for the rest of his natural life.
“He will be assigned a monitoring official to render supervision duties. Normal parole conditions will apply, such as being restricted to his magisterial district.
“He is also not allowed to have contact with the family of the victim and shall not change his residential address without informing the monitoring official,” Nxumalo said.
Nxumalo stated that the parole process began with the Case Management Committee (CMC) preparing the profile for consideration by the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB).
“The National Council for Correctional Services (NCCS) also dealt with the profile before its submission to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services for a decision.
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“To be emphasised, parole placement forms part of the total rehabilitation programme in correcting the offending behaviour and may include continuation of programmes in the system of community correction,” he said.
De Klerk was assassinated in her Cape Town flat in December 2001. The State established that Mboniswa, a 21-year-old security guard at De Klerk’s apartment at the time, committed the murder.
De Klerk was strangled to death, according to an autopsy. According to Professor Deon Knobel, who performed the autopsy, Mboniswa grabbed his victim’s neck with such force that he broke many bones in her throat and ruptured a blood vessel in her eye.
Knobel indicated that his observations led him to assume de Klerk died on her knees. De Klerk was also found with many head wounds.
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