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Minister Ronald Lamola insists Shepherd Bushiri & wife will definitely be brought back to SA to face justice
Malawian self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary, who are wanted by the South African government to answer charges…
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Minister Ronald Lamola conducts assessment following Makhado prison fire
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola on Thursday visited the fire-ravaged Kutama- Sinthumule Correctional Centre in Limpopo. The minister…
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Ronald Lamola’s Department looks to operationalise Mangaung prison after ditching G4S
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola defended the government’s public-private partnership to run two of the country’s 243…
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Thabo Bester’s escape was a failure of the criminal justice system
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said the department was ready to take over Mangaung prison as it was…
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Increase in smuggling of cellphones inside South African prisons continues
South African prisons have become crime scenes themselves, with increasing reports of prison escapes and other crimes being committed inside…
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Minister Lamola confirms G4S employees helped Thabo Bester to escape
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola says there are employees within the private security company G4S who are implicated…
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We haven’t given up the fight to have Bushiri and Guptas extradited, says Lamola
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said the South Africa government had not aborted its quest to extradite Rajesh…
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Ronald Lamola won’t step down after failed Gupta extradition bid
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said he wouldn’t step down from his job after it emerged on Friday…
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Minister Lamola defers questions about Dr Nandipha Magudumana being a person of interest
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola remained tightlipped on Friday when asked whether socialite and doctor, Nandipha Magudumana, was…
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Minister Lamola confirms extradition request for Atul & Rajesh Gupta denied by UAE
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has confirmed that the extradition request for the Gupta brothers, Atul and Rajesh,…
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Prisoner appears in court for murder of Leeuwkop correctional official
A prisoner has appeared in court, following the murder of a female correctional officer, at the Leeuwkop Correctional facility earlier…
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Carl Niehaus arrested
Suspended ANC Member, Carl Niehaus, has been arrested outside the Estcourt Correctional Centre. That is where former president Jacob Zuma…
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SIU investigating nearly half of government’s entire PPE spend
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing alleged corrupt personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts worth R14.2 billion – close to…
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Jacob Zuma must go to Zondo commission like everyone else, says Ronald Lamola
Former president Jacob Zuma must avail himself to the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture like everyone else, Justice and…
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Boreholes needed as prison water shortage takes its toll
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said his department has started surveying groundwater availability in the Eastern Cape in…
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Minister Lamola outlines how the investigators will work with NPA to speed up prosecutions
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has outlined how the Zondo Commission and the Investigating Directorate of the National…
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State of emergency would be last resort against Covid-19: Lamola
The South African government is not ruling out a state of emergency as it braces itself for the worst of…
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Despite some flaws, SA’s parole system isn’t broken – Lamola
The minister said a full review was underway to identify who or what faulted the process, which resulted in Tazne…
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