Two Inmates Mysteriously Escape From Kgosi Mampuru II Prison In Pretoria

SOUTH African police were on Wednesday hunting for two prisoners who inexplicably escaped in the early hours from a high-security facility in the capital Pretoria, a correctional services spokesman said.

The two on the run escaped before dawn from Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre prison, where the likes of paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius and apartheid death-squad leader Eugene de Kock, nicknamed “Prime Evil” have been held.

Local media reported that the inmates had escaped by digging a hole in the wall of their cell.

In a statement, correctional services spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo identified the pair as Thabo Zacharia Muyambo from Mozambique, who is serving a life sentence for 21 counts of various crimes including rape and kidnapping, alongside Zimbabwean national Johannes Chauke who is serving 20 years for housebreaking offenses.

The spokesman declined to comment on the details of the escape from the high-wall facility which has layers of cell