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BREAKING: Escaped Pollsmoor prison inmate rearrested
The Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in Cape Town this week, has been rearrested.
History Today: When Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years
Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...
Calls for Department of Correctional Services to provide concrete plans to stop prison escapes
Recent prison escapes in South Africa highlight the urgent need for the Department of Correctional Services to formulate a ...
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Rhino poachers imprisoned in back-to-back South Africa sentencing
By Spoorthy Raman A South African court in January sentenced four poachers to several years in prison for two separate crimes ...
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Zuma’s years ‘were a disaster’ for South Africa – Mac Maharaj [VIDEO]
Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen Anti-apartheid activist and the late former president Nelson Mandela’s friend, Mac ...
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February 11, Nelson Mandela released from prison
On Feb. 11, 1990, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison. (Mandela would be ...
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35 years since Nelson Mandela's release from prison
Madiba spent 18 years as a political prisoner on Robben Island and was later moved to other prisons on the mainland before ...
Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...
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Rapist Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Raping Mentally-Disabled Woman, SA Disgusted
A Kimberley court sentenced a man for raping a mentally disabled woman at a hospital. He was given 15 years, and South ...