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The escape of a convicted criminal of Bester’s profile should serve as a wake-up call, urging us to address systemic weaknesses and demand accountability from those responsible for maintaining the safety and well-being of our communities. (Frikkie Kapp/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
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International pressure on G4S after Thabo Bester escape

A Canadian pension fund has been questioned about its investment in the private prisons’ company

  • Daniel Steyn
  • Marecia Damons
  • James Stent
4 min read
G4S is the world’s biggest private security company. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
FANNIE MASEMOLA

G4S playing hide-and-seek with parliament – committee chair

The portfolio committee for justice will summon the security company at the prison from which convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read