The Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcakela released a damning report investigating the Thabo Bester escape and officials' complicity this week.
Advocate Kholeka Gcakela found a concerted effort to withhold reporting the escape to the prison for six monthsThe Public Protector's findings have led to officials who delayed reporting convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester's escape getting final written warnings.
Since then, Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald ordered the redeployment of implicated officials and final written warnings. The investigation revealed that in the early hours of 3 May 2022, a fire broke out inside Bester's cell; and
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