The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, or JICS, has raised serious concerns about the use of force in South Africa's correctional facilities. According to its latest Annual Report, the Inspectorate received more than 500 reports of alleged use of force against inmates during the 2025/26 financial year and investigated several cases in which inmates allegedly died as a result of excessive force.

The report also highlights ongoing concerns about overcrowding, prolonged solitary confinement, and the growing number of state patients and non-nationals in correctional centres.

Mpho Sithole spoke to Inspecting Judge of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, Judge Lee Bozalek.

The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, or JICS, has raised serious concerns about the use of force in South Africa's correctional facilities.&nbsp;According to its latest Annual Report, the Inspectorate received more than 500 reports of alleged use of force against inmates during the 2025/26 financial year and investigated several cases in which inmates allegedly died as a result of excessive force.
The report also highlights ongoing concerns about overcrowding, prolonged solitary confinement, and the growing number of state patients and non-nationals in correctional centres.
Mpho Sithole spoke to Inspecting Judge of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, Judge Lee Bozalek.

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Concern raised over use of force in South Africa's prisons

South Africa says it will push for a clear benchmark to guide efforts to triple adaptation finance by 2035. The country's Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, David Maynier, was speaking at a national consultation on South Africa's negotiating position ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31. The meeting will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from the 9th to the 20th of November. Thuto Ngobeni reports.

South Africa says it will push for a clear benchmark to guide efforts to triple adaptation finance by 2035. The country's Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, David Maynier, was speaking at a national consultation on South Africa's negotiating position ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31. The meeting will take place in Antalya, T&uuml;rkiye, from the 9th to the 20th of November. Thuto Ngobeni reports.

South Africa pushes for clear benchmark to triple climate adaptation finance by 2035 ahead of COP31

Kenya has confirmed a third Ebola case in a close relative of the first and second cases. The country's health ministry in a statement that the third case was a 65-year-old woman who had been in quarantine since October 6. Kenya's first case emerged last week after a Kenyan man,who had been ill in Congo about a month before travelling by road to Uganda, flew to Nairobi on October 3, where a relative drove him to the hospital. The man died on October 5.Kenya's cases are linked to the Ebola epidemic in Congo, which is the second-largest on record globally with more than ​9,000 cases ​and over 4,000 deaths. For more on efforts to curb the spread of the disease, we speak to Dr Dick Chamla, Programme Area Manager at the World Health Organisation Emergency Hub in Kenya

Kenya has confirmed a third Ebola case in a close relative of the first and second cases. The country's health ministry in a statement that the third case was a 65-year-old woman who had been in quarantine since October 6. Kenya's first case emerged last week after a Kenyan man,who had been ill in Congo about a month before travelling by road to Uganda, flew to Nairobi on October 3, where a relative drove him to the hospital. The man died on October 5.Kenya's cases are linked to the Ebola epidemic in Congo, which is the second-largest on record globally with more than ​9,000 cases ​and over 4,000 deaths. For more on efforts to curb the spread of the disease, we speak to Dr Dick Chamla, Programme Area Manager at the World Health Organisation Emergency Hub in Kenya

Kenya confirms third Ebola case as WHO intensifies efforts to contain cross-border spread of the virus

South Africa's Limpopo province has launched a new facility aimed at making it easier for local and foreign investors to set up businesses and expand their operations. The InvestSA One Stop Shop brings different government services together, with the aim of reducing administrative delays that can hold up investment projects. Channel Africa's Lebogang Mabange reports...

South Africa's Limpopo province has launched a new facility aimed at making it easier for local and foreign investors to set up businesses and expand their operations. The InvestSA One Stop Shop brings different government services together, with the aim of reducing administrative delays that can hold up investment projects. Channel Africa's Lebogang Mabange reports...

Concern raised over use of force in South Africa's prisons

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