South African Department of Correctional Services

The South African Department of Correctional Services, in collaboration with law enforcement agencies, initiates a large-scale search operation for Clatta Gumbo, an offender who escaped from Mamelodi Regional Hospital in Pretoria. Admitted in August 2018, Gumbo is serving a life sentence for rape, kidnapping, and assault at Baviaanspoort Correctional Centre in Tshwane. The department's spokesperson, Singabakho Nxumalo, confirms the ongoing efforts to locate and apprehend the escaped offender.