Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo unpacks the costs and challenges within the prison system.

Late on Wednesday, Senegal’s National Assembly passed a bill that doubles the maximum prison sentence for same-sex sexual acts and criminalises efforts to promote homosexuality. The legislation was ...

Melany and Petrus Viljoen, stars of 'The Real Housewives of Pretoria,' face allegations of retail theft in Florida, risking ...

The parliament has approved a bill doubling the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to 10 years. Lawmakers passed the government-backed legislation by 135 votes to none, with three ...

A Moroccan court on Thursday sentenced 19 soccer fans to up to a year in prison on charges of hooliganism stemming from a ...

Senegal's parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a new law that doubles the maximum penalty for same-sex relations to 10 years in prison. MPs also backed a move to hand jail terms of between three ...

Court documents show less than two years after Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was released from prison for attempting to aid the ...

Senegal’s President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, promised to make the bill law after a series of gay men were arrested in February 2026 The post Senegal’s parliament draws closer to double prison time for ...

Mogaila Mogashoa, a critic of the University of South Africa, faces six months in prison for defamation, marking a ...

Senegal ‘s parliament has approved a new bill that toughens punishment for homosexuality in the largely Muslim West African ...

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Former South African Airways Technical avionics technician Lucas Sekae has been sentenced to an effective 18 years in prison after being convicted of stealing high-value aircraft components linked to ...