Assessment of Thabo Bester cell showed ‘security violations’, says DCS

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Assessment of Thabo Bester cell showed ‘security violations’, says DCS
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Bester escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in May 2022, after it was initially believed he had committed suicide

Bester escaped from the G4S-run Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in May 2022.The Department of Correctional Services said an assessment of the cell from which Facebook rapist Thabo Bester assessment escaped from showed numerous security violations.

During his visit, Groenewald conducted what the department called “a comprehensive physical inspection” of the Mangaung facility, where the infamous Thabo Bester escape transpired.Groenewald’s spokesperson, Euné Oelofsen, said the inspection included the area from which the decoy body was removed and the cell where the fire incident occurred.

“Of those individuals, several officials have been charged as co-accused. Numerous security system upgrades were presented to the minister,” Oelofsen said.Bester escaped from the G4S-run Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein in May 2022, after it was initially believed he had committed suicide by setting himself alight in his cell.Oelofsen said during Groenewald’s visit to the Grootvlei Correctional Centre, he observed significant potential for particularly within the agricultural sector.

“This new abattoir will be capable of processing and packaging 500 chickens per hour, thereby enhancing the self-sufficiency of food provisions for other management areas,” Oelofsen said.

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