Opinion: TB cannot be kept behind bars
- 22 Mar 2013 00:00 - Harry Hausler
- World TB Day is on March 24: We look at plans to curb the disease's spread – in prisons and beyond.
Prisons minister takes flak for overcrowding
- 20 Jan 2013 11:01 - Sapa
- Government is trying to address overcrowding in prisons, it responded on Sunday to a call to be held responsible for stabbing deaths at a prison.
Prisons DG fights back
- 26 Feb 2010 06:00 - Adriaan Basson
- Axed prisons boss Xoliswa Sibeko, who was cleared of wrongdoing in a disciplinary hearing, is fighting the termination of her contract by government.
My jailer, my wife
- 21 Mar 2009 06:00 - Adriaan Basson
- Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour is facing tough questions on a new front: his love life
Popcru: Balfour must resign
- 30 Jan 2009 14:07 - Adriaan Basson
- Popcru, which represents about 80% of the country's 45 000 prison workers, on Friday asked for the immediate resignation of Ngconde Balfour.
R1,5bn to keep suspects behind bars
- 17 Jul 2008 06:00 - Zahira Kharsany
- South Africa is spending R1,5billion a year to keep more than 50 000 awaiting-trial detainees behind bars.
