Prisons are assets with huge demand and consume a large portion of public capital
Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester showed police officers a fraudulent identity document after being apprehended for speeding in July 2022
Promises by MPs to call further witnesses and to produce a report for debate in the National Assembly have not materialised
Thabo Bester’s escape has highlighted problems at the security firm’s facilities on the continent where strikes, discontent and reports of maltreatment are rife
A Canadian pension fund has been questioned about its investment in the private prisons’ company
Tieho Frans Makhotsa and Natasha Jansen made their first court appearance alongside co-accused for their alleged role in helping Thabo Bester escape from prison
Sources have told the M&G who else can expect a knock on the door from the police over the events of May 2022
Motenyane Masukela faces schedule one charges of assisting an inmate to escape
Police trade union president calls for an end to the public-private prison system, citing the foreign company is more concerned with profit than rehabilitation
Bookings for luxury accommodation made in the name of ‘TK Nkwana’ reveal Nandipha Magudumana’s movements in the months leading up to Bester’s escape
What would have happened if nobody had blown the whistle on the escape
Evidence suggests that the burnt body found in Bester’s cell was smuggled in via a TV cabinet
Nandipha Magudumana charged in in Mangaung court with murder, fraud and violating a corpse
We are bound to run into trouble when the private sector is given free rein to determine who is deserving of being treated as human and who is not
The company says contractual restrictions limit its interaction with the public, stopping it from giving its side of the story to the legislature
