{"id":166,"date":"2016-02-04T11:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T11:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.123.91.139\/New\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:32:28","slug":"minister","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/?page_id=166","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Correctional Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9267 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pieter-Groenewald-Minister-of-Correctional-Services-Mailable-DSC_8987-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pieter-Groenewald-Minister-of-Correctional-Services-Mailable-DSC_8987-225x300.jpg 225w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/Pieter-Groenewald-Minister-of-Correctional-Services-Mailable-DSC_8987-768x1024.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/Pieter-Groenewald-Minister-of-Correctional-Services-Mailable-DSC_8987-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/Pieter-Groenewald-Minister-of-Correctional-Services-Mailable-DSC_8987-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/Pieter-Groenewald-Minister-of-Correctional-Services-Mailable-DSC_8987-400x533.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/Pieter-Groenewald-Minister-of-Correctional-Services-Mailable-DSC_8987-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><strong>Minister of Correctional Services \u2013 DR PIETER GROENEWALD, MP<br \/>\n<\/strong>Pieter Groenewald was born on 27 August 1955 in Fochville. He matriculated from Gymnasium High School in Potchefstroom. He obtained a B.Iuris (law) Degree from the Potchefstroom University (Northwest University) and worked at Krygkor.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He later completed a postgraduate diploma in communication studies and his master\u2019s degree in public management and development. He also holds a doctorate in political studies from the Northwest University.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being elected as a Member of Parliament in 1989, he served as the Mayor of Stilfontein. In 1994 he was re-elected to Parliament where he served as the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence in the National Assembly from 1994 to 1999. In 1999 he was elected as a Member of the North West Provincial Legislature where he served until 2001 when he returned to Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>He served on the first ministerial interim National Defence Force Service Commission until 2012. He was a founding member of the Freedom Front. He previously served as the Federal Chairperson of the party. In 2016 he was elected as the National Leader and re-elected in 2021. In 2024 he was re-elected to the National Assembly and was appointed as the Minister of Correctional Services.<\/p>\n<p>He is married and lives in Stilfontein, North West. His hobbies include karate, photography and<br \/>\ngardening. He was the first person in South Africa to ride five horses simultaneously, known as<br \/>\nRoman Riding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Correctional Services \u2013 DR PIETER GROENEWALD, MP Pieter Groenewald was born on 27 August 1955 in Fochville. He matriculated from Gymnasium High School in Potchefstroom. He obtained a B.Iuris (law) Degree from the Potchefstroom University (Northwest University) and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10762,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions\/10762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}