It appears that the series of dodgy, coordinated events which allowed for Thabo Bester’s escape from prison went beyond the staging of a fire in his cell to conceal evidence, an inmate was roped in to scrub the cell with hot water
This was revealed in a briefing before Parliament by the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services on Thursday, on the activities leading up to and after Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre on May 3 2022.
Cameron was responding to questions posed by ANC MP Anthea Ramolobeng based on the preliminary report compiled by the JCIS on Bester’s escape. “There were claims from some inmates that they might have or would have witnessed the whole incident, to such an extent that led to them being transferred because that would have led to some of them fearing for their lives. Are these part of the two inmates that you [Cameron] officiated the transfers of?” asked Ramoboleng. I might be wrong, but that could be the inmate who was able to see through the post box of his room upstairs. He gave an extensive report of how the fire was exposed.
A probe by the department of correctional services on the matter also established that there were several breaches that facilitated Bester’s escape, such as G4S allowing a private vehicle to enter the center without a gate pass and the segregation of Bester to a unit of the prison without approval.
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