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FILE: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

Department of correctional services

Lamola: It's been a challenging year for the justice department

By Gaye Davis

Members of Parliament have been debating the justice and correctional services department's budget of R22.4 billion.

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    Top Portuguese banker on the run for fraud dies in SA custody

    Former chair of the Portuguese Private Bank, Joao Rendeiro, fled his home country late last year after he was convicted of a string of graft charges related to the collapse of the bank. He was subsequently arrested by Interpol in Umhlanga Rocks, north of Durban.

    9 days ago
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    Two Malmesbury prison escapees rearrested; third inmate still on the run

    The Correctional Services Department said that at this stage, for security reasons, it could not divulge how the inmates managed to escape last week as it may jeopardise investigations as well as the arrest of the remaining escapee.

    31 days ago
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    Leigh Matthews' killer Moodley set for oral representation to parole board - DCS

    Donovan Moodley is currently serving a life jail term at a Johannesburg prison. He's been fighting his sentence with appeals and applications for early parole.

    121 days ago
  • FILE: A prisoner is searched at a Department of Correctional Services facility. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    Mthatha Correctional Centre to stay on high alert after fatal stabbing

    An inmate was killed and a prison warder and an offender who were injured in the attack remain in hospital.

    129 days ago
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    EC Correctional Services Dept probing deadly stabbing at Mthatha prison

    The Correctional Services Department said that five prisoners attacked officials and other inmates at the Mthatha prison on Tuesday afternoon. An inmate was killed and a prison warder and an offender who were injured were hospitalised.

    130 days ago
  • Zuma granted leave to appeal medical parole ruling

    Former President Jacob Zuma was granted leave to appeal his medical parole judgment on 21 December 2021. Judge Keoagile Matojane emphasised that at his advanced age, the former president needed empathy and compassion as these were the essence of ubuntu. #JacobZuma #StateCapture #ZondoCommission

    152 days ago
  • Former President Jacob Zuma arrives at the state capture commission on 19 July 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Leave of appeal granted to Zuma a sign sanity has prevailed - foundation

    Former President Jacob Zuma is fighting a High Court order for him to serve out the rest of his 15-month sentence, including the time he has been on medical parole.

    152 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 granted leave to appeal ruling ordering him back to jail

    Earlier, Senior Counsel Maribolla Mphahlele, representing the Correctional Services Department, argued against Zuma being sent back to jail, saying that the former president did not place himself on medical parole.

    152 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma stands in the dock during the recess of his corruption trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 26 May 2021. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    DCS: Zuma parole ruling will have implications on community corrections system

    On Wednesday, the High Court in Pretoria set aside the decision to release Zuma and ordered him to return to prison to serve the remainder of his 15-month sentence.

    157 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma removes his eyeglasses as he addresses the media at his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal on 4 July 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP

    DCS: Zuma would've been eligible for parole after serving a quarter of sentence

    The Department of Correctional Services said that it believed that the court misinterpreted the Correctional Services Act and erred in declaring Zuma’s release on medical parole unlawful.

    157 days ago
  • Former South African president Jacob Zuma addresses his supporters in front of his rural home in Nkandla on 4 July 2021 for the first time since he was given a 15-month sentence for contempt of court. Picture: Emmanuel Croset / AFP

    Dept of Correctional Services to appeal court judgment on Zuma medical parole

    The department said that it had carefully studied the judgment and was convinced that another court may arrive at a different conclusion.

    157 days ago
  • FILE: Reeva Steenkamp's mother, June Steenkamp, leaves High Court in Pretoria. Picture: Aletta Gardner/Eyewitness News

    DCS looks to prepare Reeva Steenkamp's family for Oscar Pistorius parole talks

    Oscar Pistorius has served half of his sentence in the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, west of Pretoria for the murder of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day in 2013.

    195 days ago
  • Chief Deputy Commissioner (CDC): Incarceration and Corrections, Samuel Makgothi Thobakgale (right), gets his new insignia from acting National Commissioner Mandla Mkabela. Picture: Department of Correctional Services

    PSA welcomes appointment of Thobakgale as DCS national commissioner

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola announced Thobakgale's appointment on Monday. He replaces Arthur Fraser, whose contract was not renewed.

    235 days ago
  • Chief Deputy Commissioner (CDC): Incarceration and Corrections, Samuel Makgothi Thobakgale (right), gets his new insignia from acting National Commissioner Mandla Mkabela. Picture: Department of Correctional Services

    Lamola appoints Thobakgale as acting Correctional Services Commissioner

    Makgothi Thobakgale replaces Arthur Fraser, whose contract was not renewed.

    237 days ago
  • FILE: The Department of Justice expressed its shock following the accident. Picture: Pexels.com

    Correctional Services’ Khaya Somgqeza killed in car crash

    Khaya Somgqeza was killed in a crash near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Friday. Details surrounding the crash are unknown.

    238 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma stands in the dock during the recess of his corruption trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 26 May 2021. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    Zuma medical parole: Law guides how DCS treats inmates, says dept

    Former President Jacob Zuma, who spent less than 60 days being incarcerated at the Escourt Correctional Facility, will now complete the rest of his 15-month contempt of court sentence in the comfort of his home, with conditions.

    258 days ago
  • FILE: Inmates wait inside Leeuwkop Correctional Facility along the stairs. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News

    Popcru shocked after Correctional Services officer found dead at Leeuwkop prison

    The body of the female official was found on Tuesday night at the Leeuwkop Correctional Centre.

    283 days ago
  • KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala briefs the media after the funeral of former President Jacob Zuma's younger brother Michael Zuma at Nkandla on 22 July 2021. Picture: KZN Gov/Twitter.

    Zikalala: Zuma in good health, spirit as his brother is laid to rest

    Micheal Zuma (77) passed away over a week ago following a long illness.

    303 days ago
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