Asked for comment, correctional services spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo told TimesLIVE: “This is a service provider to G4S. However, that will be a concern.”A 46-year-old Integriton employee, Tebogo Lipholo, was arrested on Tuesday and appeared in court on Thursday alongside Dr Nandipha Magudumana, Thabo Bester's girlfriend and alleged co-conspirator, on charges of aiding and abetting his escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre on May 3 last year.
Lipholo was on duty that night and is suspected to have colluded with G4S's former warden Senohe Matsoara to help orchestrate the escape. Bester faked his death by setting his prison cell alight and leaving an unknown person's body behind. Parliament's portfolio committee, in its inquiry into the saga, heard on Wednesday how the CCTV cameras stopped working between 9pm and 4am on the night Bester escaped.
The committee also heard how G4S had failed to carry out its duties. The company executives told MPs there are no fire detectors and its IT security systems are heavily reliant on wardens on duty to action them.
EdSmith56886768 It is crystal clear to me that this is corruption. Why would G4S contract out these duties when they would normally provide all in house. Clearly political pressure was used to force G4S to use this Co as a way to hide kickbacks to Gov.
What a surprise VoetsekANC
Despite receiving megabucks. Proof that SARS is only after innocent citizens
Corruption and incompetence is deeply entrenched in SA
Now I understand why Thabo won't eat food from G4S it is bigger than u c it
Thus, our MYANC government with all the administrators, oversight committees, and people working at the jail doing management/administration did not know what was happening? Ai jinne julle, how bad is this government? Who's not doing their work? Ministers in parliament? Shame
Viva RonaldLamola
G4S should be fined and or their leadership should resign or both.
Another BBBEEE appointee.
One must follow the money and an investigative journalism is required .High powered politicians and others are probably benefitting from the G4S , 40 million monthly contract . Paying people to look the other way and to commit crime for the right amount of money, isnt suprising
On the basis of non-compliance with essential contractual requirements and obligations this contract is legally invalid and since it has been breached in all material respects by the famous escape it begs the question why is it not cancelled with immediate effect?
Fly by night company. If dig deeper relatives of G4S own that company.
This G4 contract must be terminated
Yoh! 🤷🏽♀️
What's new😏
maggsnaidu PSiRALive and RSASIU will make sure all the money that was paid yo them is recovered. It's the proceeds of crime.
ANC lives ANC leads. All ANC are rotten to the core..
I think I'm now enough with this whole thing ka BesterEscape
Weeeee 😭
'And you guys were so critical about me, thinking I was not registered as an interpreter.'
Zyabuya la
Did they provide surveillance services or just maintain the infrastructure🤔 Big difference*
All this is happening under our nose 😅😅😅
You can't shift a blame from G4S SA media sucks