IOL reports that two more officials from the Ngqeleni Correctional Centre have been suspended following the escape of two inmates from the prison in the Eastern Cape last week.
This brings the total number of officials suspended to 10. The officials were on duty during the escape. Meanwhile, one of the two inmates, Siyabulela Khohliso, was re-arrested on Monday in the Libode area and transferred to the Mthatha Correctional Centre. “All efforts were now focussed on finding Athini Nothi Mzingelwa,” said Department of Correctional Services (DCS) spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo. Khohliso and Mzingelwa escaped from the facility’s sports field on Freedom Day. Khohliso was serving a 10-year sentence and Mzingelwa an eight-year sentence. On Monday, the national commissioner of the DCS, Makgothi Thobakgale, visited the Ngqeleni correctional facility. “The investigation is ongoing and more developments are expected to ensue,” Nxumalo indicated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Brenda Masilela at IOL
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