Staff Reporter.
Convicted serial killer Rosemary Ndlovu has been charged with contravening the Correctional Services Act after she was found with a cellphone in prison.
The department of correctional services (DCS) on Sunday announced that internal charges had been laid against Ndlovu for “contravening the Correctional Services Act” after she was caught with a mobile phone.
“Inmates found in possession of cellphones are charged in terms of section 23(1) of the Correctional Services Act. They are then reprimanded accordingly, a process which may involve a withdrawal of privileges for a specified period, reclassification (downgrade) and other punitive measures, “said department spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo.
“Illegal activities and deviant behaviour by inmates has no place in correctional facilities. DCS is working towards achieving contraband-free centres, hence different measures are being employed by means of removing all illegal items in our centres,” he added.
Ndlovu is a convicted serial killer and a former policewoman found guilty of murdering her live-in lover and five of her relatives between 2012 and 2018. She was found to have taken out life and insurance policies for her targets and collected as much as R1.4m in payouts after their deaths.
She received six life sentences for the murders, 10 years each on four counts of fraud, 10 years each for seven charges of incitement to commit murder and 10 years for attempting to murder her mother, Maria Mushawana.
Ndlovu meanwhile is due back in court next week, where she is accused of conspiring with a colleague to murder her husband.
They allegedly offered the hitmen R80,000 for the job and promised to pay the outstanding R70,000 after the insurance payout.
The hitmen reportedly informed Nomsa Mudau’s husband, Justice Mudau, that they had been hired to kill him.
Mudau wanted her husband dead, as he was problematic and was cheating on her.
Ndlovu and Mudau pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. They were expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on July 12 for trial.
Compiled by Lehlohonolo Lehana.