Correctional Service Minister Ngconde Balfour has appointed Judge Deon Van Zyl of the Cape Provincial Division as Acting Inspecting Judge of Prisons with effect from 1 May 2008, taking over from Judge Ntlupheko Yekiso who has acted in the position for a year. Judge Van Zyl will fill the position also held in an acting capacity by Judge Ntlupheko Yekiso since March 2007.