What Eric Xakawe would really love to do is open an art school in his community to help children find themselves and make something beautiful. He may have the chance to start working on such a project in about three years from now if he…
Five convicts still on the run Police have confirmed that a person who was involved in an accident in Bloemfontein on the day seven prisoners escaped from the Waainek Correctional Facility in Makhanda was not Bennet Kwarrie as initially…
The sentencing of six rhino poachers convicted in the Makhanda High Court just over a month ago will be postponed until four of them who escaped from prison are traced. Francis Chitiyo, Trymore Chauke, Simba Masinge , Nhamo Muyambo, and…
It took less than an hour from the time a stranger asked for food for him to be identified as one of the seven men who escaped from Waainek Correctional Facility in Makhanda and rearrested. Trymore Chauke was arrested at Seven Fountains…
The department of correctional services said it has identified the suspected creator of a “fake” video depicting three inmates assaulting a prison warder and that it has approached the police to prosecute the person responsible. In a…
A senior official is in hot water for uttering words to the effect that “these people are boring” at the end of a virtual parliamentary meeting on Tuesday. MPs want justice and correctional services Ronald Lamola to take action against JS…
All inmates who enter a correctional facility must be screened and quarantined for 14 days before being housed with other prisoners. This is according to directives published by justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola on…
Deputy minister of correctional services Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa has tested positive for the coronavirus. Spokesperson for the cabinet Phumla Williams said on Saturday that Holomisa was self-isolating at his residence and taking all the…
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is appalled by a video of a “plastered official”. DCS spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the department was aware of the video circulating on social media. In the video‚ the prison warder is…
