While the seemingly innovative prison break of 'Facebook rapist' Thabo Bester has gripped the country, dozens of convicted criminals and awaiting trial prisoners manage to break out of correctional facilities around the country every year.
Wednesday 28 December 2016 - 5:39pm
JOHANNESBURG, 28 December Officials are not yet certain if Ananias Mathe s body will be repatriated to Mozambique. Mathe, one of the country s most infamous prisoners, died in a Durban hospital after being treated for stomach ailments for several weeks.
DURBAN, December 28 (ANA) – The family of Annanias Mathe, the serial rapist and armed robber who made history when he became the only person to escape from Pretoria’s C-Max prison, have been informed of his death and will be given an opportunity to collect his body after a postmortem has been completed.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Correctional Services provincial commissioner, Mnikelwa Nxele, confirmed Mathe’s death, saying the officials had been in touch with his family as well as Mozambique’s consul in Durban.