Prisons Civil Rights Union
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Mangaung prison hostage set free, no injuries reported
A woman who works for the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein has been released after being taken hostage by four inmates.
Zille: Don’t give Chinese arms to Zim
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday urged President Thabo Mbeki and national conventional arms-control committee chairperson Sydney Mufamadi to stop the transfer of…
Reservists call for integration into SAPS
About 300 police reservists handed over a memorandum of grievances to the Presidency in Pretoria on Wednesday. The two-page memorandum called for the ”immediate and…
Cops shoot and kill hostage-taker in Witbank court
Two prisoners died in nine-hour hostage drama at the Witbank Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) condemned the ”tragic” incident in…
Union concerned about exodus of police in N Cape
The exodus of police officers out of the Northern Cape must be addressed, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) in the province said on Wednesday. Popcru provincial…