State seeks prison escapee

 A man who walked away from a minimum-security Department of Corrections facility might be armed and dangerous, the department said.

Prison boss under fire after convicts escape

 The SA Human Rights Commission has demanded that disciplinary action be taken against the head of Westville Prison, Bheki Mabanga.


This is after Mabanga said last week that eight dangerous awaiting trial prisoners managed to escape from the prison after the Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) had ordered that the electric fence be switched off.