The Department of Correctional Services has halted its planned transfer of Nicole Johnson, the wife of alleged crime boss Ralph Stanfield, from Pollsmoor Prison to Van Rhynsdorp Correctional Centre, ...

Cape Town - Some progress has been made in reducing overcrowding at Pollsmoor’s awaiting trial facility but there is much more to be done, says Sonke Gender Justice in a response to the Department of ...

Pollsmoor Correctional Facility remains under strict lockdown after a deadly gang-linked attack left three inmates dead and two prison officials injured, Cape {town} Etc reports. Correctional Services ...

A gang-led attack on officials at Pollsmoor Prison has resulted in the death of three inmates and two correctional officers injured. National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Makgothi Thobakgale ...

I am haunted by a TV ad I saw in Singapore. It features a young, melancholy-looking man in shirt and tie going about his daily business, a forlorn-sounding hum in the background. We see him taking the ...

National Correctional Services Commissioner Mokgothi Thobakgale admitted that force was used to subdue the inmates who later died in hospital. National Correctional Services Commissioner Mokgothi ...

National Correctional Services Commissioner Mokgothi Samuel Thobakgale briefed the media at Pollsmoor correctional facility on 4 November 2025 following a violent incident which resulted in the attack ...

Two inmate deaths at Pollsmoor highlight severe mismanagement and operational failure. Prisons remain overcrowded, with budgets wasted and funds misappropriated. The DA demands an urgent national ...

FOUR trial-awaiting prisoners are on the loose after escaping the holding cells at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg said Wynberg police have registered an ...

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has renewed his call for cellphone signal-blocking technology at Pollsmoor Prison, warning that inmates are using phones to orchestrate extortion rackets and gang ...

Correctional Services National Commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale, has authorised an immediate management intervention at Pollsmoor Correctional Facility in a move to address systemic failures at the ...

Correctional Services National Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale has authorised an immediate management intervention at Pollsmoor Correctional Facility in Cape Town following a series of serious ...