Pretoria, 29 Aug-(ANA)-A black member of a police hit-squad in apartheid South Africa, who confessed to killing eight ANC members during the 1980s, has been granted parole.
The correctional services minister, herself a former operative in the ANC's armed wing, said the decision came after consulting the victims' families.
Even so she said it "was a difficult one to swallow".
Almond Nofemela was pardoned in the reconciliation process, but was serving life for the murder of a farmer.
He participated in community outreach programmes and regularly spoke to groups of youngsters about the dangers of crime, HIV/Aids and drugs.
She said both morally and legally, Nofemela should be reunited with his family.(ANA)
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