The Democratic Alliance will write to the Minister of Correctional Services, Dr. Pieter Groenewald, to demand a detailed explanation of the immediate measures his Department will take to prevent ...

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

The Department of Correctional Services was criticised on Tuesday when it briefed Parliament on its action plan to comply ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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