A second G4S security guard has been arrested for allegedly helping Thabo Bester escape from prison last year.
The 51-year-old man, arrested on Tuesday at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, is expected to appear in the city's magistrate’s court on Thursday.
Zolile Sekeleni, former G4S prison warder Senohe Matsoara and ex-Police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said the guard faces a charge of assisting an inmate to escape and defeating the ends of justice. on Friday, 10km from the Kenyan border.
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