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.