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Mangaung Correctional Centre made headlines after infamous Facebook rapist, Thabo Bester, successfully faked his death and escaped from the facility.
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In a bizarre twist in the Bester escape saga, Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu revealed that Bester's escape status was unknown to officers at the time.
The EFF calls for accountability after a report reveals negligence in Thabo Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
The Public Protector released a report which found that officials from the Department of Correctional Service acted improperly during Thabo’s Bester’s infamous escape.
The advocate wrote in a Facebook post in 2022 that he had always been chasing fame and believed that law would be his golden ticket.
The accused face charges of fraud, corruption, assisting an inmate to escape, violation of a body, arson, and defeating the ends of justice.
The case against Thabo Bester, Dr Nandipha Magudumana and seven co-accused has been postponed to July 31.
Gauteng are probing the escape of two suspects who allegedly turned into cats and escaped custody.
Convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester, on Wednesday asked the court to consider imposing a death sentence on him and release his co-accused.
Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana and seven of their co-accused are expected back in the Free State High Court on Wednesday morning.
Department of Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has praised the country's correctional services for ensuring prisoners were able to vote in a safe and controlled setting.
A look back on the Thabo Bester case and where we are now.
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola said the resignation and suspension of staff members in Mangaung will not affect the running of the prison.
Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s lawyer, Machini Motloung is demanding she be moved to another prison cell after she was allegedly assaulted at the weekend.
The public is eating up the episode of ‘Tracking Thabo Bester’, which he attempted to stop Showmax from airing.
The report by the portfolio committee on justice and correctional services found that G4S misled the Department of Correctional Services about the escape of Thabo Bester.
Showmax has finally answered the call and released the trailer for the true-crime documentary ‘Tracking Thabo Bester’.
Thabo Bester and his co-accused are back in court in June for their pretrial conference.
Thabo Bester complained that he couldn’t eat the breakfast at court, worrying it will cause a spike in his sugar levels, since he is diabetic.
Convicted killer and rapist, Thabo Bester is expected to appear in court for his pre-trial conference.
For almost a year, the notorious Facebook rapist Thabo Bester lived the life of a free man in upmarket Joburg suburbs after escaping from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in May 2022.
The story of Facebook Rapist Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana was perhaps one of the stories that captured the attention of South Africans the most in 2023.
As the year draws to an end, we look back at some of the major court stories of 2023 which dominated headlines and even transcended through international news