Cape Town - Former Hard Livings gang boss Rashied Staggie has been released on parole, the Department of Correctional Services has confirmed - and Rashieda Staggie told the Cape Argus on Wednesday that she and her children were “happy and excited”.
Correctional Services spokesman Simphiwe Xako said Staggie had completed his period of day parole - being allowed out during the day and sleeping in prison at night - and would be on “full parole” - living at home - with an adjustment of his conditions in terms of his house arrest.
Correctional Service’s Western Cape regional commissioner Delekile Klaas confirmed that Staggie’s parole conditions were that he was not able to visit certain areas, could not use illegal substances or drink alcohol, and would wear a tracking device.
Jailed in 2003 for 15 years for his part in the kidnapping and rape of a teenage girl, Staggie served 11 years in prison.
The following year, he was sentenced to a further 13 years for stealing firearms from a police armoury. His sentences ran concurrently.
He was released on day parole in September last year but was rearrested in December and had his day parole revoked after he was found to have made unauthorised visits to people he was not allowed to associate with.
The parole board re-evaluated his case in February and placed him on day parole again for six months, ending on Thursday.
During this time he was employed in Sea Point. He would leave prison around 6am and return by 7.30pm. He could not enter Manenberg or leave Cape Town without permission.
Provided he does not violate his parole conditions, he will be a free man in 2017.
He worked as a general worker at Unkonwaba Investments, a company managed by Ivan Waldeck, a gangster-turned-pastor based in Bellville South.
Cape Argus