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Rosemary Ndlovu was charged internally by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) for violating the Correctional Services Act after being caught with a cellphone in prison.
According to the department, detainees detected using cellphones are charged under Section 23 (1) of the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998.
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“They are then reprimanded accordingly, a process which may involve a withdrawal of privileges for a specified period, reclassification (downgrade) and other punitive measures,” DCS spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said in a statement.
“Illegal activities and deviant behaviour by inmates [have] no place in correctional facilities,” Nxumalo added.
The department said it is working towards achieving contraband free centres.
Ndlovu, who is serving a life sentence for orchestrating killings so she could claim insurance payouts, is accused of assisting her former police colleague, Nomsa Modau, to arrange for hitmen to kill Mudau’s husband.
They allegedly offered R80,000 to the hitmen for the job and promised to pay the remaining R70,000 following the insurance settlement.
According to reports, the hitmen informed Mudau’s husband, Justice Mudau, that they had been hired to kill him.
Mudau allegedly wanted her spouse dead because he was troublesome and cheated on her.
Ndlovu and Mudau both pled not guilty to the charges levelled against them.
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They were scheduled to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court for a trial on July 12.
Ndlovu was sentenced in 2021 to six life terms for the murder of five of her relatives and her lover, whom she had taken out insurance policies amounting to R1.4 million in their names.
She was arrested after a hitman she had hired to kill her sister and her five children informed the police about the planned hit.