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Government outlines plan to intensify the fight against COVID-19

Yesterday, 01 April 2020, the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize announced a plethora of targeted measures aimed at intensifying ...
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No positive coronavirus case in DCS

For weeks now, Department of Correctional Services (DCS) officials have been working round-the-clock to safeguard staff and inmates against the ...
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No positive Covid-19 cases recorded in DCS

Minister Ronald Lamola says the Department of Correctional Services has not recorded positive cases of Covid-19 across all its centres ...
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HCCs and ACs National Work Session, a catalyst for change

National Commissioner Arthur Fraser has declared that the Heads of Centres and Area Commissioners’ National Work Session will henceforth be ...
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Deputy Minister, Nkosi Holomisa appeals to communities to stop attacking parolees and probationers

The Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa led a legion of correctional officials to Dzanani village ...
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DCS set to score more goals as officials acquire football coaching licence

Football in DCS received a boost last Friday (20 February 2020) when 27 officials, including four females, from Gauteng and ...
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DCS says NO to the senseless killing of women and children

National Commissioner, Arthur Fraser (second from left) and COC, Mandla Mkabela (third from right) in the company of Gauteng RC, ...
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Heads of centres turn difficult discussion into constructive and progressive conversations

About 200 Heads of centres and Area commissioners from Free State and Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape regions ...
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Heads of Centres and Area Commissioners work session, not another talk show

The eagerness to devise strategies to improve service delivery in correctional centres is evident as robust discussions continue at Durban ...
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National Work Session for Heads of Correctional Centres to intensify centre-centric service delivery

Heads of Correctional Centres and Area Commissioners from Gauteng, LMN and KwaZulu-Natal are hard at work, at the Durban Management ...
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DCS hosts the 30th anniversary celebration of President Nelson Mandela’s release from incarceration

Minister Ronald Lamola welcomed the Mandela's reception committee members, the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, Deputy Minister Nocawe ...
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DCS hosts first Integrated Facilities Infrastructure Workshop

Government must speedily move away from a silo mentality towards integration. Delivering the opening address at the first Integrated Facilities Infrastructure ...
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