Pieter Groenewald

Pieter Groenewald (born 27 August, 1955) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Minister of Correctional Services since July 2024.He served as the Leader of the Freedom Front Plus from November 2016 until February 2025. He started his political career by being elected Mayor of Stilfontein in 1988. He relinquished the position in 1989 due to his election to the House of Assembly. Groenewald co-founded the Freedom Front in 1994, and served as a Member of the National Assembly until his election to the North West Provincial Legislature in 1999. He returned to the National Assembly in 2001. Quotes I mean, if you go to a supermarket or anywhere else, that is a top-end price. It was more expensive than retail. What he did was subcontract it out for, say, R15.00 a loaf. So he was pocketing a million rand a month doing absolutely nothing. I stopped that,” Offenders now bake bread for their own consumption in our own bakeries, reducing costs to the taxpayer, The running cost for a prisoner per day is R482 for the taxpayer. Foreign nationals cost South African taxpayers R13.5 million per day External links Category:Living people Category:Government ministers of South Africa Category:1955 births