Fourteen men and a woman arrested in one of the country's largest murder and racketeering investigations will finally appear in the Western Cape High Court in May.
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Nafiz Modack will have to stay put at Helderstroom Prison in Caledon, after failing to get moved to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town to be closer to his lawyers.
I was frightened - Raphael Rowe describes being locked up at Brandvlei Prison
16 January 2021 3:52 PM
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Journalist and ex-prisoner Raphael Rowe spent a week behind bars at the Brandvlei Prison for the new season of the docu-series, Inside the Worldâs Toughest Prisons.
Season 5 of the popular documentary series
Inside The Worldâs Toughest Prisons is out now on Nextflix.
It features a hard look inside Brandvlei Correctional Centre in the Western Cape, home to the notorious Number gangs.
Journo Raphael Rowe spends a tough week in a cell with eight convicted murderers in the new season of the show.
Some Covid-19 positive inmates from Helderstroom Prison transferred to Pollsmoor
12 January 2021 1:36 PM
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A number of inmates who tested positive for Covid-19 at the Helderstroom Prison in Caledon have been sent to isolate at Pollsmoor Prison.
The Helderstroom Maximum Correctional Centre remains on lockdown after an alarming increase in Covid-19 infections among inmates last week.
The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that at least 152 inmates and eight officials have tested positive for the virus at the facility in Caledon.
Correctional Services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo says some inmates are self-isolating in separate sections within the facility that have been designated for isolation and quarantine purposes.