South Africans are furious with the ANC government after it was announced that foreign nationals outnumber locals in some of ...

Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West prisons hold the highest number of foreign national inmates in South Africa, with ...

A woman in Eswatini, Dumsile Dludlu, is facing up to three years in prison after she was remanded for allegedly snooping ...

as weeks-long post-election violence continues to rock the Southern African nation. The country’s police chief, Bernadino Rafael, said the prisoners escaped from the Maputo Central Prison on ...

All 68 inmates who escaped from a jail in South Africa's Western Cape on Friday have been rearrested, the government says. Prison officials were praised for "restoring stability" following a two ...

As described earlier, South African prisons were for years surrounded by a veil of secrecy. The press was severely restricted in writing about prison matters, and in practice hardly ever covered ...

The correctional services portfolio committee highlights severe overcrowding in South African prisons, with a significant ...

At least 67 journalists are imprisoned across Africa, reflecting the continent’s ongoing struggle for a free press, according ...

While Rafael blamed protests outside the prison for encouraging the riot ... Africacategory Gang leader 'Tiger' evades South African police after 78 mine deaths 2:19 PM UTC Africacategory South ...

The female Palestinian inmates were made to kneel in a line on a cold evening last Sunday on the grounds of Israel’s Ofer Prison in the occupied West Bank.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that his outspoken nature on national and international issues led ...