Two officials who were promised R2.5m each to assist Bester escape only received R80,000

The two shortchanged officials were tasked with disconnecting the prison cameras and recording system.

Senohe Matsoara, a former G4S prison warden, and Teboho Lipholo, a suspended CCTV technician, were allegedly paid R80,000 to help Thabo Bester escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre last year...From World War 1 to present-day cosmopolitan South Africa and beyond, the Sunday Times has been a pillar in covering the stories that matter to you.

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