The correctional services department confirmed Bester escaped from Mangaung maximum security prison after it was believed he had committed suicide by setting himself alight in his cell.
The EFF said Bester's escape and the confirmation of his death by correctional services without having conducted the necessary DNA tests was testament to the incompetence of the correctional services system.
“Bester's death through suicide was staged as the deceased body found in his cell was that of another individual, while he has been on the loose for months.during his tenure in prison, possibly amassing the money necessary to orchestrate his fake death, escape from prison and have a life outside prison without it ever being discovered that he had indeed escaped,” said the party.
The EFF said the escape undoubtedly endangered the lives of women in South Africa and would further dent the little confidence victims and survivors of gender-based violence had in the justice system. “We call for a massive manhunt to be conducted by the South African Police Service , in conjunction with intelligence services, to track and apprehend Thabo Bester. Furthermore, all of those who were employed at Mangaung Correctional Centre during the period of Bester's imprisonment and his escape must immediately be brought in for questioning,” said the EFF.
“This despicable occurrence must be laid directly at the doorstep of the minister of correctional services, who has been too preoccupied with factional activity of his political party to ensure that there is order in the prisons of South Africa and has failed to uproot corruption which is at the centre of Bester's escape.”
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