The Public Protector gave the department 30 days to develop an escape prevention strategy, and guidelines for the Mangaung ...

The Correctional Services portfolio committee isn't in favour of privately-run prisons being in operation beyond their current contracts.

The prison escape comes as the DCS briefs parliament on actions taken from the Public Protector's report on Thabo Bester.

The Department of Correctional Services was criticised on Tuesday when it briefed Parliament on its action plan to comply with remedial action of Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka in the report on the ...

JOHANNESBURG - Yet another delay in the trial of convicted Facebook rapist, Thabo Bester, and the co-accused implicated in his escape from a Mangaung prison. The trial was expected to begin on Monday ...

It’s been three years since Bester escaped from the privately run Mangaung Correctional Centre, but the matter is still not ...

JOHANNESBURG - The trial of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester has been delayed again. He was meant to return to ...

Recent prison escapes in South Africa highlight the urgent need for the Department of Correctional Services to formulate a ...

Concerns persist over security at the facility, particularly after the dramatic escape of convicted murderer and rapist Thabo ...

“Anti-corruption and fraud policies were developed and approved,” he said.

The Democratic Alliance will write to the Minister of Correctional Services, Dr. Pieter Groenewald, to demand a detailed ...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) says it has met all recommendations set by the public protector to develop an ...