Exclusive: Eyewitness accounts of Thabo Bester’s audacious prison escape
/ 23 April 2023

Exclusive: Eyewitness accounts of Thabo Bester’s audacious prison escape

Sources have told the M&G who else can expect a knock on the door from the police over the events of May 2022

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Thabo Bester: The bizarre facts behind a jailbird let loose
/ 13 April 2023

Thabo Bester: The bizarre facts behind a jailbird let loose

Evidence suggests that the burnt body found in Bester’s cell was smuggled in via a TV cabinet

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G4S asks for ‘parliamentary privilege’ over Thabo Bester escape
/ 3 April 2023

G4S asks for ‘parliamentary privilege’ over Thabo Bester escape

The company says contractual restrictions limit its interaction with the public, stopping it from giving its side of the story to the legislature

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Thabo Bester escape a fraction of the rot at G4S-run private jail
/ 1 April 2023

Thabo Bester escape a fraction of the rot at G4S-run private jail

However, abuse and torture at the prison have improved, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services says

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