Calls for Department of Correctional Services to provide concrete plans to stop prison escapes
Recent prison escapes in South Africa highlight the urgent need for the Department of Correctional Services to formulate a ...
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BREAKING: Escaped Pollsmoor prison inmate rearrested
The Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in Cape Town this week, has been rearrested.
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Rhino poachers imprisoned in back-to-back South Africa sentencing
By Spoorthy Raman A South African court in January sentenced four poachers to several years in prison for two separate crimes ...
History Today: When Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years
Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...
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DEVLOPING: Manhunt launched for escaped Pollsmoor inmate
The Department of Correctional Services has launched a manhunt for an inmate who escaped from the Pollsmoor Correctional ...
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Zuma’s years ‘were a disaster’ for South Africa – Mac Maharaj [VIDEO]
Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen Anti-apartheid activist and the late former president Nelson Mandela’s friend, Mac Maharaj, described former president Jacob Zuma’s years in office as a “disaster ...
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Rapist Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Raping Mentally-Disabled Woman, SA Disgusted
A Kimberley court sentenced a man for raping a mentally disabled woman at a hospital. He was given 15 years, and South ...
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Law enforcement nabs escaped Pollsmoor prison inmate
A Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in the Western Cape this week,has been rearrested.
Violent crime in South Africa happens mostly in a few hotspots: police resources should focus there – criminologist
Violent crime in South Africa has consistently been highly concentrated in a small number of urban areas. For example, 20% of ...