Escaped prisoner Thulani Gcaleka has been apprehended, the department of correctional services says.
Gcaleka was recaptured in Gauteng in the early hours on Tuesday.
He had been on the run since his escape on February 5 from Sevontein Correctional Centre, under the Pietermaritzburg management area in KwaZulu-Natal, said department spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo.