Rapper J Molley ditches hip-hop for gospel after surviving brutal street attacks and a near prison sentence. He vows to leave ...

Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

By Spoorthy Raman A South African court in January sentenced four poachers to several years in prison for two separate crimes ...

Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen Anti-apartheid activist and the late former president Nelson Mandela’s friend, Mac ...

The Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in Cape Town this week, has been rearrested.

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

The Department of Correctional Services has launched a manhunt for an inmate who escaped from the Pollsmoor Correctional ...

A Kimberley court sentenced a man for raping a mentally disabled woman at a hospital. He was given 15 years, and South ...

A hunt has been launched for a man who escaped from Pollsmoor Prison while part of a work team carrying out maintenance on ...

A former Top 10 student at student became a high-achieving matriculant while behind bars. The inmate got his act together for ...

Former Ugandan presidential candidate Kizza Besigye's health has deteriorated dramatically after launching a hunger strike to ...

Violent crime in South Africa has consistently been highly concentrated in a small number of urban areas. For example, 20% of ...