Authorities in South Africa have launched a manhunt for two convicted rapists who escaped from a prison in the Eastern Cape province.
Siyabulela Khohliso and Athini Mzingelwa are said to have escaped from the Ngqeleni Correctional Centre’s sports grounds on Thursday afternoon.
“The department has launched an investigation into this incident.” The re-arrest of the two offenders, however, is critical at this stage,” the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) said in a statement.
If anyone comes into contact with either of the escapees, the department urges them to contact their nearest police station immediately.
This prison break coincides with intense media scrutiny of another man, Thabo Bester, who faked his own death last year before being apprehended in Tanzania this month.
