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Correctional Services probing cell death of convicted rapist Thabo Bester

By Masechaba Sefularo

Thabo Bester's body was found with burn wounds after the cell he was held in caught fire early Tuesday morning.

  • FILE: Shrien and Anni Dewani. Picture: Supplied

    Dept: Anni Dewani's killer ticked all rehab boxes for parole

    Zola Tongo, who helped orchestrate Anni Dewani’s murder in Cape Town in November 2010, was granted parole on Friday afternoon.

    67 days ago
  • FILE: Former President Jacob Zuma in the Pietermaritzburg High Court where he appeared on corruption charges on 15 October 2019. Picture: AFP.

    Dept: Zuma’s medical parole will be revoked if he doesn’t comply with conditions

    The former president has been released on medical parole for an undisclosed condition.

    261 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African president Jacob Zuma who is facing fraud and corruption charges greets supporters in the gallery of the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 17 May 2021. Picture: Rogan Ward/AFP

    Zuma placed on medical parole, Correctional Services Dept confirms

    Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison by the Constitutional Court for contempt, for failing to appear before the state capture inquiry and answer questions.

    261 days ago
  • Former ANC president Jacob Zuma on 18 December 2017. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    ANC wishes Jacob Zuma speedy recovery after surgery

    This comes after the Department of Correctional Services announced that Zuma underwent a surgical procedure on Saturday and is scheduled to go through others soon.

    282 days ago
  • 50 suspects appeared in the Johannesburg Central Magistrates Court on 21 July 2021 on various charges including public violence, housebreaking and theft following days of violence and looting in Gauteng. Their case was postponed to 28 July 2021. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News.

    DCS to ask Treasury for more funds as budget strained dealing with riot suspects

    Correctional Services was already battling with overcrowded jails, staff and budget cuts and the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it is dealing with a flood of remand detainees who are putting resources under further strain.

    307 days ago
  • A vaccinator preparing the COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Inmates welcome government's COVID-19 vaccination programme

    On Tuesday, the Health Department launched the Correctional Services' vaccination rollout campaign at the facility.

    308 days ago
  • FILE: Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

    Lamola: Inmates excited to be part of COVID-19 vaccine programme

    Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said the vaccination of prison officials and inmates had been prioritised to ensure their safety and that of the general public.

    308 days ago
  • A vaccinator preparing the COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Lamola to launch vaccine rollout for inmates launched in Johannesburg on Monday

    Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola will launch the sector’s vaccination rollout programme in Johannesburg which will see about 138,000prisoners receive their COVID-19 vaccine.

    310 days ago
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    Recaptured convicts to face more charges following EC prison escape

    The police's Sibongile Soci said that an investigation into how they managed to escape was ongoing.

    521 days ago
  • FILE: Andile Lungisa. Picture: GCIS.

    Free Lungisa Campaign: Andile will be welcomed by masses when released from jail

    This comes after supporters of the jailed African National Congress councillor allege that he’ll be released on parole next week.

    542 days ago
  • Phathekile Holomisa. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa: We are committed to combatting scourge of GBV

    This comes after a correctional services official was apprehended for allegedly killing his wife who also worked in the department.

    633 days ago
  • FILE: The correctional services department’s Logan Maistry said at least 1,458 of the COVID-19 cases within SA's prison staff and inmates are currently active. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    The release of low-risk offenders has helped ease COVID-19 outbreak in prisons

    So far, just under 7,000 of 19,000 prisoners have been released on the special parole dispensation to combat the spread of the coronavirus in prisons.

    674 days ago
  • Anni Dewani was murdered in Cape Town on 13 November, 2010 . Picture: The Anni Dewani (Hindocha) Case Facebook page

    DCS clarifies parole status of Zola Tongo, one of Anni Dewani's killers

    Zola Tongo was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in Anni Dewani's killing in 2010.

    686 days ago
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    Dept fast-tracking inmate releases as prison COVID-19 cases rise

    Correctional Services Department spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said that the department was working to speed up the release process while ensuring that measures, including victim participation and social reintegration programmes, were not compromised.

    709 days ago
  • FILE: To date, there have been 1,452 confirmed COVID-19 cases in prisons across South Africa. Picture: EWN

    Dept fast-tracking release of inmates as COVID-19 infections in prisons rise

    At least 2,280 inmates were released after President Cyril Ramaphosa approved parole for about 19,000 prisoners in an effort to curb the spread of the virus in overcrowded facilities.

    710 days ago
  •  FILE: Inmates wait inside Leeuwkop Correctional Facility. Picture: EWN.

    Prisoners threaten to strip and go hungry to be ‘protected’ from COVID-19

    Several prisoners are sounding alarms over what they say is a lack of oversight in dealing with the virus within the correctional services centres.

    764 days ago
  • Activists gathered in support of transgender inmate Jade September, who won a case against the Department of Justice and Correctional Services after she was  sent to a correctional facility for men. Picture: Jarita Kassen/EWN.

    Court rules trans inmate Jade September be allowed to express her gender

    Judge Chantal Fortuin found September's case amounted to unfair discrimination and ordered sensitisation training for all staff in the Department of Justice and Correctional Services.

    974 days ago
  • Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola (centre) briefing the media on 17 July 2019 ahead of tabling his department’s budget. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter.

    Prison officials linked to drug smuggling at Durban’s Westville Prison

    Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola gave an update on the investigation before delivering his budget speech on Wednesday morning.

    1042 days ago
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