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Can prisons be profitable real estate?
Prisons are assets with huge demand and consume a large portion of public capital
No sign of accountability for Thabo Bester escape
Promises by MPs to call further witnesses and to produce a report for debate in the National Assembly have not materialised
G4S has a problematic history across Africa
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
Thabo Bester: Magudumana bail application postponed over new evidence
The celebrity doctor and others are accused of helping convicted rapist and murder Thabo Bester escape from prison last year
International pressure on G4S after Thabo Bester escape
A Canadian pension fund has been questioned about its investment in the private prisons’ company
Thabo Bester saga: bail hearing postponed, two more suspects added
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
Thabo Bester saga: Correctional services terminates G4S Mangaung contract
It cost the state R45 million a month to maintain the contract with G4S
More staff at G4S’ Mangaung prison knew of Bester’s escape – Popcru
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
Thabo Bester’s escape shows how privatising harms crime control
We should question the issue of prison outsourcing when the motive is profit and not public safety
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
Thabo Bester co-accused remains in custody after first appearance
Nandipha Magudumana charged in in Mangaung court with murder, fraud and violating a corpse
Suspects linked to Thabo Bester face charges of murder, fraud
Police say that more suspects are likely to be arrested
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
Prisons, profits and privatisation’s perils
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
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