Simba Masinga News Today

Police made a major breakthrough with the arrest at the weekend of seven suspected rhino poachers, including the two convicted poachers who were part of a shocking prison breakout seven months ago.

Two fugitives who escaped from the Waainek Correctional Centre in Makhanda were rearrested on Sunday during an intelligence driven police operation at the weekend.

The third of the seven prisoners who escaped in October last year from the Grahamstown Correctional Facility has been re-arrested.

The extraordinary movie-style prison break of the “Facebook rapist”, Thabo Bester, has shone the light on loopholes and corruption within the department of correctional services (DCS), which enable multitudes of convicted and awaiting trial prisoners to escape from jail.

The escapee reportedly asked members of the Seven Fountains farming community for food on Sunday night, 23 October.

A PRISONER serving a 15-year sentence for robbery is on the run after escaping from custody on Thursday, 20 October.

TWO of seven convicts, who escaped from the Makhanda Correctional Services centre on Tuesday, 18 October, have been rearrested after a 72-hour activation plan.

A second inmate who was amongst the seven that escaped on Tuesday has been arrested. Another one was hit by a truck and was rearrested too.

Two of the seven escapees were re-arrested after the implementation of a 72-hour activation plan since their reported escape from Makhanda Correctional Service facility on Tuesday. It is alleged that on Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at about 04:00, the seven inmates escaped from a facility in Makhanda under circumstances, which are forming part of the

One of the seven prisoners who escaped from the Eastern Cape prison has been hit by a truck in the Free State.