One of the prisoners who escaped from the Maputo Maximum prison in 2024 arrested in Gauteng [SOUND]

# The National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has welcomed the arrest of a convicted prisoner who escaped from the Maputo Maximum prison when Mozambique experienced unrest in December 2024. Nelson Simiao Massango escaped along with more than a thousand other prisoners. According to reports, he was convicted of murder in 2015 and sentenced to at least 20 years. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says Massango was arrested at a car hire dealership in Sandton, Gauteng: