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The Democratic Alliance has raised concerns about the process and fairness of the decision to turn down the parole application of apartheid-era assassin Eugene de Kock.
DA MPJames Selfe says in a statement that it seems the process was not followed fully.
On Thursday, Justice and Correctional Services Minister Michael Masutha announced that De Kock would have to wait another year before his application for parole was reconsidered -- in order to allow the families of his victims to be consulted.
Selfe said that, besides De Kock, there were many other apartheid officials who had sanctioned the crimes De Kock committed but who had never been held accountable for their actions.
De Kock was in charge of a police "death squad" at Vlakplaas outside Pretoria and was sentenced to two life terms in prison in 1996 for six murders.
Now aged 65, De Kock has served 18 years in prison.
