A regional treasurer has been caught explaining how the PA has allegedly been financed
Twenty-two years after being handed two life sentences, Luyanda Mboniswa will be released on parole
Reform is on the cards while life sentences pile up, causing major delays in applications
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Norman Simons was charged with 22 murders but only convicted of kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old in Mitchells Plain
She was raped, stabbed and had her throat slit by Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger in 1994. The judge said they should never get parole
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However, abuse and torture at the prison have improved, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services says
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It’s had a 99% success rate for parolees and probationers complying with release conditions over three years but an expert believes the system needs an overhaul
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The suspended KZN prisons boss was barred from entering his office by armed security staff last week, at the behest of his national counterpart
The former president was moved to an ‘outside’ facility on Thursday morning
The former president has already left Estcourt prison under heavy security
Request is still ‘under consideration’ but sources say it will likely be approved and a security plan is in place
Taxi boss Mandla Gcaba went on radio at the weekend to deny his taxis would be used to shuttle protesters to support his cousin, Jacob Zuma
Delaying the vaccination of prisoners could lead to a public health disaster
The escape of violent offenders has exposed a slew of alleged negligent deaths at Kgosi Mampuru prison
Negligence and staff shortages are blamed for after two violent criminals escaped from the prison
Disgraced Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa calls for a change of leadership in the ANC immediately after being released on parole
Covid-19 has entered the police and corrective system, with the Eastern Cape hit hard