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Gross negligence and severe understaffing led to the daring prison break of two extremely dangerous criminals at what was supposed to be the secure Kgosi Mampuru centre in Tshwane.

officials, who accused the department of not finalising its investigation, which began in 2019, into alleged understaffing and employee incompetence at Kgosi Mampuru that led to suspicious inmate deaths and escapes. exclusively received pictures from inside the prison cells of Thabo Zacharia Muyambo and Johannes Chauke, showing how the two had opened up gaping holes by removing the brick walls to flee the correctional centre.

A highly placed Kgosi Mampuru insider, who asked to remain anonymous, alleged that a dire staff shortage made it impossible for all posts to be patrolled. The source alleged that the facility had only 12 guards to secure the central section after 20 prison officials had died or resigned and had not been replaced.

Inmates who spoke on condition of anonymity said they had tried in vain to alert officials to the daring escape as they could see both Muyambo and Chauke abseiling down from their cells using a mixture of bedding and clothing, among other items. rubbished some of these claims and said an investigation would reveal the true reasons for the escape.

“The department will leave no stone unturned in solving this matter and all other cases that may involve negligence.”

 

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