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Makgothi Thobakgale

Correctional services grilled over contraband crisis
Crime
/ 18 February 2025

Correctional services grilled over contraband crisis

The portfolio committee has demanded tougher action as thousands of illicit items flood prisons

By Des Erasmus
Prisons commissioner orders inquiry in response to M&G ‘holidays in hospital’ exposé
National
/ 28 October 2024

Prisons commissioner orders inquiry in response to M&G ‘holidays in hospital’ exposé

A deputy commissioner will investigate claims that wealthy prisoners are buying themselves preferential treatment in jail

By Paddy Harper
Prisons, profits and privatisation’s perils
Opinion
/ 4 April 2023

Prisons, profits and privatisation’s perils

We are bound to run into trouble when the private sector is given free rein to determine who is deserving of being treated as human and who is not

By Sarah Smit
G4S asks for ‘parliamentary privilege’ over Thabo Bester escape
National
/ 3 April 2023

G4S asks for ‘parliamentary privilege’ over Thabo Bester escape

The company says contractual restrictions limit its interaction with the public, stopping it from giving its side of the story to the legislature

By Eunice Masson
Fugitive Thabo Bester escaped with inside help – correctional services
National
/ 30 March 2023

Fugitive Thabo Bester escaped with inside help – correctional services

The department will immediately take over the management of Mangaung Prison from multinational private security company G4S

By Des Erasmus

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