Justice Minister Ronald Lamola recently granted the peace officers the same status as provincial traffic officers. This amid a fierce debate over the legitimacy of the crime prevention wardens, also known as amaPanyaza .
In the wake of Thabo Bester s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre, Eyewitness News can reveal disturbing allegations surfacing from another private prison in Limpopo, the American-run Kutama-Sinthumule Correctional Centre (KSCC).
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola s remarks come as the South African government finds itself in a quandary over how to treat an arrest warrant issued by the court for Russian President Vladimir Putin.