Correctional Services Minister sends condolences

Andiswa Mkosi
28 August 2012

Correctional Services Minister S’bu Ndebele has conveyed condolences to the family of a warder who was shot and killed in the line of duty in the Eastern Cape over the weekend.

The regional commissioner Nkosinathi Breakfast says 11 awaiting trial detainees escaped after holding officials hostage at the Barkley East Correctional Centre on Saturday.

Fifty-four-year-old Mzukisi Michael Dusubana was fatally wounded during the incident. A number of his colleagues were wounded.

Four of the escapees have been rearrested.