Author: Luvuyo Mjekula

By Luvuyo Mjekula Five prisoners rearrested after escaping from Makhanda’s Correctional Service Centre in October last year appeared briefly in the local magistrate’s court earlier today, Thursday, 09 November, escorted by heavily armed security officers. The Zimbabwean nationals – Simba Masinga, Trymore Chauke, Abraham Moyane, Francis Chitiyo and Nhamo Muyambo, faced escaping charges stemming from their daring prison break in October last year. The five were part of a group of seven men who escaped from the Waainek correctional facility. Masinga, Chauke, Moyane, Muyambo and Chitiyo were awaiting sentencing after being convicted of rhino poaching. They killed 13 rhinos between…