The Department of Correctional Services reported that Bester died in Mangaung Correctional Centre at about 3:35am on 3 May 2022. ThaboBester Read more here 👇
A police docket related to the case was changed from suicide to murder.“Good Day Sir, I informed you of the Thabo Bester escape [in] my previous email … your office & … the DCS [have] ignored my emails notifying you of this.”Yet, according to Justice Ministry spokesperson, Chrispin Phiri, the deputy minister is unable to locate the emails in question, but they’re doing all they can to track them.
The warder said that after reporting the alleged “cover up” to the deputy minister, he was victimised and later transferred from the facility. “It’s not the first incident that I’ve reported. I sent him [deputy minister] a number of emails about the gang stabbings, corruption and treatment of inmates,” the warder told GroundUp.
Holomisa had previously replied to an email sent to him by the warder on 19 April 2022. That email dealt with conditions at the prison.The warder added that it was an “open secret” that the body in Cell 35, was not that of Bester and “I informed the [deputy] minister … the way the whole [crime scene] thing was handled, no protocol was followed. There [were] too many red flags and we [colleagues] suspect this was an inside job from night shift [staff].
Claims made by the warder about the events of the night of Bester’s escape corroborate with other sources we spoke to.is piecing together a timeline of the events of 3 May and intends to publish it in due course.
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