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thabo bester inquiry Corruption in prisons threatens the criminal justice system

The jaw-dropping parliamentary inquiry into the escape of rapist and murderer Thabo Bester from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein has given rise to the need for closer scrutiny of corruption at prisons in the country.

South Africans could not believe Bester had staged a movie-like act that went on for almost a year, without anyone in authority noticing he was freely roaming the streets of Johannes- burg with the help of his lover, Dr Nandipha Magudumana.

Victims of Bester’s criminal

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