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Art opens a window to a different kind of future

What Eric Xakawe would really love to do is open an art school in his community to help children find themselves and make something beautiful. He may have the chance to start working on such a project in about three years from now if he…

Makhanda prison break: wrong man arrested

Five convicts still on the run Police have confirmed that a person who was involved in an accident in Bloemfontein on the day seven prisoners escaped from the Waainek Correctional Facility in Makhanda was not Bennet Kwarrie as initially…

Francis Chitiyo, Trymore Chauke, Misheck Chauke, Simba Misinge, Nhamo Muyambo and Abraham Moyane during an adjournment when Judge Gerard Bloem convicted them on charges of conspiracy to poach rhinos in the Makhanda High Court on 30 September 2022. All except Misheck Chauke escaped from Waainek Correctional Facility in Makhanda early on Tuesday 18 October. Picture: Sue Maclennan

Poachers’ sentencing to be postponed

The sentencing of six rhino poachers convicted in the Makhanda High Court just over a month ago will be postponed until four of them who escaped from prison are traced. Francis Chitiyo, Trymore Chauke, Simba Masinge , Nhamo Muyambo, and…

Second prisoner caught near Makhanda

Police have confirmed that a second prisoner who escaped Waainek Correctional Facility earlier this week was caught near Makhanda last night. Seven prisoners escaped the Makhanda prison during the early hours of Tuesday morning. One was…

One escaped prisoner nabbed – 6 to go

Five convicted rhino poachers who escaped from Waainek Correctional facility in Makhanda in the early hours of Tuesday 18 October were simply delaying the inevitable, said senior prosecutor Buks Coetzee. The five were awaiting sentencing…

Police on hunt for 7 escaped prisoners

Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt after seven (7) prisoners escaped from Makhanda Correctional facility this morning. South African Police Service spoksperson Majola Nkohli said on Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at about 4am, the…