Three individuals, including a married couple, receive life sentences for the premeditated murder of a rape victim, shedding light on the alarming rates of femicide in South Africa.

The incident at Goodwood Prison which led to the death of Quinton “Questions” Fortuin, 39, saw inmates write letters begging ...

Three days after his brazen escape, Pollsmoor prisoner Yanga Wayithi is back behind bars. The Department of Correctional Services confirmed that Wayithi was apprehended in the early hours of ...

A Pollsmoor Prison inmate escaped over the weekend while he was part of a work team responsible for maintaining the prison facility's grounds. Authorities have since launched a manhunt for him. He was ...

Additionally, security protocols at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre are under review to prevent similar incidents in the future.” Meanwhile, the plan to tighten prison security has left much to be ...

A Western Cape High Court judge has threatened to subpoena officials from Pollsmoor Prison amid claims by bandiete that court ...

A Pollsmoor inmate who escaped over the weekend while maintaining the prison's grounds has been rearrested. Yanga Wayithi was found on Wednesday morning. He was serving a six-month prison sentence for ...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed the escape of an inmate from the Pollsmoor Correctional ... the department handled Bester’s prison escape. Bester, dubbed the Facebook ...

Yanga Wayithi was serving a six-month sentence for theft and trespassing when he fled from the prison grounds earlier ... is that security protocols at Pollsmoor are under review to prevent ...