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Dr Nandipha Magudumana injured following assault in prison
The Correctional Services Department has confirmed that disgraced celebrity doctor, Nandipha Magudumana, was the victim of an assault by a…
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Correctional Dept looking into leaked document of a probe into criminal syndicate at Mangaung prison
The Correctional Services Department says it’s looking into a leaked document of an investigation into a criminal syndicate that has…
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Former Northern Cape ANC chair & convicted fraudster John Block released on parole
The Correctional Services Department has released former Northern Cape (African National Congress ANC) leader and MEC John Block on parole…
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Jacob Zuma Foundation not surprised by mixed reactions to former president’s sentence remission
The Jacob Zuma Foundation said it was not surprised at the mixed reaction regarding the special remission programme which allowed…
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Jacob Zuma will not serve the remainder of his sentence due to remission process
The Correctional Services Department says former president Jacob Zuma, was on Friday morning processed at the Estcourt prison, after handing…
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Fear in Parow as child killer gets parole
Child killer Norman Afzal Simons has been released on parole. Residents in Parow in the Western Cape are not happy…
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Two convicted rapists escape from Eastern Cape prison
The Correctional Services Department says a manhunt is under way for two convicted rapists who escaped from the Ngqeleni Correctional…
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Security body calls for termination of G4S contract with correctional services
The Association of Private Security Owners of South Africa (Tapsosa) has called for the contract between the Correctional Services Department…
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Angelo Agrizzi to appear virtually before court
Former Bosasa Chief Financial Officer Angelo Agrizzi will have to appear in court virtually for his two cases. That’s the…
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Police raid Thabo Bester’s hideout
Police are raiding the last known hideout of the escaped rapist and murdered Thabo Bester. Bester is on the run…
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G4S insists there was no prison escape from Mangaung prison
The Correctional Services Department said that private security company, G4S, still insists there was no prison escape from the Mangaung…
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Cosatu urges govt to cut ties with private prisons after Thabo Bester’s escape
Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called on the government to cut ties with privatized prisons after serial…
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Popcru slams running of some SA prisons by private entities
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) said the Correctional Services department is undermining state security by allowing private…
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Dead or escaped? Thabo Bester investigation intensifies
The Correctional Services Department says it has requested the team probing the alleged death of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo…
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Prisoners attack 4 officials at Drakenstein Correctional Centre
Four correctional services officials were stabbed by inmates at the Drakenstein Correctional Centre on Wednesday. Officials said the attackers used…
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2nd Waainek prison escapee arrested
One of the seven inmates who escaped from the Waainek Correctional Centre in Makhanda has been re-arrested. Simba Masinga was…
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Sindisiwe Manqele who killed Flabba is out on parole
Convicted murderer Sindisiwe Manqele, who served time in jail for the killing of her rapper boyfriend Nkululelo “Flabba” Habedi, is…
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Correctional Services investigating cell death of convicted rapist Thabo Bester
The Correctional Services Department is investigating the death of a man, dubbed the Facebook rapist, at the Mangaung Correctional Center…
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Fight between prisoners and wardens in PMB prison leaves 1 inmate dead
An inmate has died during a scuffle between prisoners and wardens at the Pietermaritzburg Medium A Centre in Kwazulu-Natal. The…
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Inmates escape from Rooigrond Prison
Four inmates have escaped from the Rooigrond Correctional Centre near Mahikeng, North West. The Correctional Services Department says the four…
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Jacob Zuma’s leave to appeal ruling expected on Tuesday
Former President Jacob Zuma will know on Tuesday whether his application for leave to appeal the adverse medical parole ruling…
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Dept of Correctional Services to give reasons for wanting to challenge Jacob Zuma ruling
The Correctional Services Department said it would soon give reasons why it wants to challenge a High Court ruling ordering…
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Jacob Zuma lawyers confident another court will come to a different conclusion
Former president Jacob Zuma is confident that another court will come to a different conclusion as he challenges a High…
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Correctional Services probe security breach that saw 2 inmates escape
The Correctional Services Department said on Saturday that it was investigating a security breach after two inmates escaped and were…
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Correctional Services: Jacob Zuma will complete sentence under community corrections
The Correctional Services Department’s confirmed former president Jacob Zuma’s been placed on medical parole. Zuma will now complete the rest…
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Jacob Zuma placed on medical parole
The Department of Correctional Services has on Sunday announced that former President Jacob Zuma has been placed on medical parole.…
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Correctional Services refutes claims of backlog in processing of parole
The Correctional Services Department has refuted claims of a backlog in the processing of parole. Prisoners at the Mdantsane Correctional…
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R1.8 billion Bosasa case postponed to October
The Bosasa R1.8-billion fraud and corruption case has been postponed to October. The former Correctional Services Commissioner says he needs…
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Prison Warden allegedly in ICU, her husband arrested for attempted murder – ‘Family’ speaks
The Correctional Services Department has debunked claims that a correctional officer who had sex with an inmate was married to…
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Correctional Services Dept frightened by rise in COVID infections in SA prisons
The Correctional Services Department on Saturday said it was alarmed by the sharp rise in COVID-19 infections in prisons. There…
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There is enough room for mask convicts, says Correctional Services
Correctional Services is warning people that it has more than enough room for anyone arrested for not wearing a mask…
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Correctional services department has over 2,000 Covid-19 cases
The correctional services department has recorded 2,190 Covid-19 cases. The cases comprise 983 officials and 1,207 inmates. Of these cases,…
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Correctional services department records five new Covid-19 cases
The correctional services department has recorded five new cases of Covid-19. Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the number of…
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Parliament outraged at murder of Tazné van Wyk
Parliament is outraged at the kidnapping and murder of Tazné van Wyk. The committee on Women and Youth says the…
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Vicki Momberg will only be able to clear her criminal record after 10 years
Momberg was found guilty of crimen injuria after she called a black police officer the k-word 48 times when he…
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