Investigative journalist Ruth Hopkins alleges there is corrupt collusion between Department of Correctional Services, G4S, and the South African Police Service.
The department’s action clearly indicated that it was actively protecting the multinational, because it challenged me on a case that primarily implicated G4S.In my view the same collusion made the Bester escape possible.
The department also knew about Nelani’s death, because all deaths in prison have to be reported to the department. It would therefore have been aware of the pathologist’s report. Forced injections with anti-psychotic drugs were also a widely used method of crowd control. CCTV video footage from within the prison was leaked to me and contained evidence of prisoner Bheki Dlamini being forced to undergo an injection with the anti-psychotic drugs Etomine. Dlamini had no record of mental illness.
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