Ananias Mathe couldn't escape his fate: the prisoner dubbed South Africa's jailbreak Houdini died in hospital following an illness. The Department of Correctional Services confirmed his death and ...

Durban - Good riddance.That was the reaction following the news on Wednesday that notorious criminal and escape artist Ananias Mathe had died. Mathe died at Durban’s King Edward VIII Hospital on ...

The Democratic Alliance's correctional services spokesperson has welcomed the death of infamous serial rapist Ananias Mathe on Wednesday, saying it rids society of a dangerous individual. "It is ...

The list of inmates at Kokstad's C-Max prison is terrifying; the roll-call utterly chilling. Cape gang boss George “Gewald” Thomas. Present. Serial rapist Ananias Mathe. Present. Umlazi gangster and ...

Vaseline or a bribe? How did Ananias Mathe escape from C-Max Prison? Houdini-like serial rapist‚ robber and murderer Ananias Mathe is famous for reportedly rubbing petroleum jelly all over his body to ...

Police arrested one of South Africa’s most sought-after fugitives on Monday, promising that the man dubbed the country’s Houdini would be jailed under heavy security when he recovers from gunshot ...

Maputo — The Mozambican police have been alerted to the possibility that a Mozambican criminal who escaped from a South african top security jail might try to make his way back to the country. The ...

Maputo - The family of convicted criminal Ananias Mathe want him moved to a Mozambican jail, a report said on Thursday. Mathe, who is Mozambican, is serving a prison term of 54 years in South Africa ...

Notorious criminal Ananias Mathe was sentenced to 54 years in jail by the South Gauteng High Court on Tuesday. He will only be eligible for parole after he has served 43 years of his sentence. By then ...

South African police are searching for the first man to escape from the top security C-Max prison near Pretoria. Ananias Mathe, 29, from Mozambique, was detained last December on more than 50 charges, ...

Cape Town – The Democratic Alliance's correctional services spokesperson has welcomed the death of infamous serial rapist Ananias Mathe on Wednesday, saying it rids society of a dangerous individual. ...