The Mangaung prison, which is run by private contractor G4S, and made international headlines when Facebook rapist Thabo Bester faked his death and escaped, is in the spotlight again. This is after a prisoner who was serving a life sentence for murder was allegedly tortured and later died in hospital. The Department of Correctional Services… Continue reading Mangaung Prisoner Dies after being Tortured for allegedly Stealing R800
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DCS Terminates G4S Contract Following Thabo Bester Scandal
The security company at the centre of “Bestergate” has three months to pack and leave the Mangaung Correctional Centre in the Free State province, said the authorities. Department of Correctional Services (DCS) spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the termination of the G4S contract followed the obtained legal opinion. This comes after the controversial company, which is… Continue reading DCS Terminates G4S Contract Following Thabo Bester Scandal
Bester Escape: G4S Found Wanting, Fails to Cover Itself in Glory
THE representatives of the company at the centre of the the grand escape of convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester from the Mangaung Correctional Centre (MCC, G4S, have been called out for trying to pin the scandal on the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Department of Correctional Service (DCS). In an 8-hour grilling,… Continue reading Bester Escape: G4S Found Wanting, Fails to Cover Itself in Glory
How Bester staged his grand prison escape
ONE of South’s notorious criminals, Thabo Bester, only needed three days to pull off the most puzzling prison escape the country has ever seen in decades. According to the testimony presented by the security company at the centre of the embarrassing scandal, G4S, and Mangaung Correctional Centre (MCC) top brass at the Justice and Correctional… Continue reading How Bester staged his grand prison escape
Bester, accomplices nabbed in Tanzania while trying to flee
South Africa’s most wanted fugitive, “Thabo Bester”, has been arrested in Tanzania while attempting to flee that country late last night. Bester, who escaped custody from the Mangaung Correctional Service Centre in the Free State a year ago after faking suicide, was finally traced in east Africa with his lover, Dr Nandipha Magudumana and an… Continue reading Bester, accomplices nabbed in Tanzania while trying to flee