Ronald Lamola Archives - Voice of the Cape

Lamola to keep pursuing genocide case against Israel, cross-border legal matters as DIRCO head

New International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said he would continue on the same trajectory of pursuing cross-border legal matters and human rights issues that he dealt with as the former justice minister. He said there was no confusion about the country’s foreign policy, which is underpinned by the Constitution and the national interest framework. In his new portfolio, Lamola said it would be key to enhance economic cooperation to stimulate […]

4 July 2024

Local

Former Justice minister takes over international relations

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new cabinet over the weekend, featuring significant changes such as merging some departments and separating others. Notably, Ronald Lamola, the former Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, is now the Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). VOC Breakfast, on Tuesday spoke to Dr Oscar van Heerden, a scholar of international relations who focuses on international political economy with […]

2 July 2024

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About 48 prisoners escape from SA’s prisons each year: Ronald Lamola

LOCAL An average of 48 prisoners escape from SA prisons each year. In a written reply to a question in the National Assembly, justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola said 285 prisoners escaped from custody over the past six financial years — from 2017/2018 to 2022/2023. “There was an average of 151,495 inmates in custody at any given time during [this] period. The escape rate can be averaged at […]

9 June 2022

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Self-sustainability project is for medium offenders: Ronald Lamola

Correctional Services Minister, Ronald Lamola, says his department’s self-sustainability model does not include those who are convicted of felonies. He launched the Kuyasa Combined Learning Centre at the Oudtshoorn Correctional facility, in the Little Karoo, under the model earlier this week. The facility boasts a vegetable farm. This is part of the department’s efforts to utilise offender labour. The plan is to expand the model to correctional facilities in the […]

29 May 2021

Local

Lamola not ruling out SADC protocol to bring back Bushiri to SA

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola says he cannot rule out the possibility of extraditing Enlightened Christian Gathering Church leader pastor Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary to South Africa after the couple fled to Malawi. In a tweet, on Saturday night, Lamola said Malawi is a signatory to the SADC protocol which facilitates extradition in a situation in which a person commits an offence that is punishable by law in both […]

15 November 2020

International News

Lamola calls on those with evidence on COVID-19 related corruption to come forward

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has called on all those who have evidence of corruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic to present it to law enforcement officers for them to investigate. His call comes after ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule said all COVID-19 related corruption must be investigated objectively and that he had evidence that law enforcement agencies were being used to fight battles within the ANC. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced […]

7 August 2020

Local

Minister confirms all Malmesbury prisoners rearrested

All prisoners who escaped from the Malmesbury correctional facility in the Western Cape have been rearrested, the Department of Justice said on Sunday. "The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services confirms that all escapees in the Malmesbury correctional facility have been rearrested," Department of Justice spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said. He said Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola thanked all role players and community members "for their willingness to assist […]

26 July 2020

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President Ramaphosa authorizes release of 19k inmates to curb spread of COVID-10 in SA prisons

While at least 19 000 inmates inside South Africa's prisons will be eligible for special parole to curb the spread of coronavirus, those sentenced for a range of serious crimes will not make the cut. This as President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the release on parole of low-risk inmates to ease overcrowding and curb the spread of Covid-19 in prisons. On Friday, Ramaphosa announced and gazetted the decision in terms of Section […]

9 May 2020

Local

These are the ‘priority matters’ SA courts will hear during lockdown: Lamola

For the remainder of Level 4 of the lockdown, South Africa's courts will prioritise cases involving corruption, sexual offences, gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), serious violent crimes, robbery, murder and the violation of Covid-19 regulations. This according to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, who issued directives for Level 4 operations in terms of the Disaster Management Act on Wednesday. "The measures are in keeping with the national effort […]

7 May 2020

Ronald Lamola

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