On Friday, Madala allegedly stabbed Nomsa Joyce Stuurman, 35, in the neck during a four-hour hostage drama.
The inmate who killed a warder has served 18 years of two life terms for murder and sex crimesA prisoner who allegedly stabbed a warder to death with a pair of scissors at the Aliwal North facility had applied for parole after serving 18 years.
He also allegedly raped another female warder during the ordeal, according to police. Madala was on cleaning duty when he forced the women into an office and locked himself inside with them. "He had a problem because his family does not want to vouch for him as they said he raped a family member. They do not want to take him back," said an insider.
Madala, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on four counts of murder, rape and robbery, was a cleaner in the section of the prison in which the incident occurred.
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