IN-DEPTH | After Thabo Bester escape, private-prison company G4S must face the music, experts say | News24

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Experts that News24 spoke to say they are surprised at the complex plot Bester created, but they are not surprised that it happened at the G4S-run prison in Mangaung.

The JICS has launched a probe into the conduct of private guards at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein.The case of the missing"Facebook rapist" Thabo Bester has placed the state of correctional facilities, and particularly the privately-run G4S prison, in the spotlight.and, eventually, it was confirmed that Bester had escaped.

As the country searches for answers, and the authorities search for Bester and his accomplices, the web of scams and lies that surrounds the man also known as"Tom Motsepe" grows.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

 

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G4s on the firing line…SA corruption is apportioned to those not liked. Smokes and mirrors; privatisation is favoured when it favours those who set the agenda. It is also demonised when it benefit the left or the unfavourable.

what did the experts rate the escape as compared to Gavin...🤡🤡 I think Stallone needs to make Escape plan 4 and use Thabo as the director....

Privatised correctional services but hands off the struggling state owned enterprises? In heaven's name is the ANC afraid of admitting that they just cannot manage these profitably?

The state isn't responsible for the mess but a private security company,you see the evils of privatization

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