Manhunt for Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre escapee

The Department of Correctional Services has launched a manhunt for an offender who escaped from Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre, near Mahikeng in the North West Province, on Sunday 6 September. The escapee, Edward Khomotso Madiba, was being detained in the single cells on a further charge relating to a previous escape when he managed to break out of the correctional centre.

Preliminary information indicates that Madiba cut through the burglar-bar door of the single cells. Spokesperson for the department, Singabakho Nxumalo

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