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

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

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

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

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.

A strategy to prevent escapes has been developed, the Department of Correctional Services has informed parliament.

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

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

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 ...

The case against convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his co-accused has been postponed to July. The trial was ...

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