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A parliamentary committee probing the escape of notorious Facebook rapist and murderer Thabo Bester was left with more questions than answers when officials of the prison where Bester escaped responded with limited accountability.



Members of parliament tore into G4S bosses who were summoned to account on how murderer and rapist Thabo Bester escaped from the Mangaung prison last year.

Former justice Edwin Cameron of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services leaked the report that found that the burnt body was not Bester's.

Mpumalanga police have opened an inquest after four people died at a mine on Thursday, allegedly after a conveyor belt collapsed.

The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Trio Task Team needs the assistance of the public to assist in further investigations following a business robbery that occurred in September 2022 in Harrismith. It's alleged that on 03 September 2022 at about 14:05, two young men arrived at the clothing shop, whereby they robbed the employees of a large

An inmate who was at Mangaung prison the day Thabo Bester made his daring escape has given a blow-by-blow account of what he saw, while under-fire security company G4S shared a timeline of events on that fateful day.

As G4S appears before a parliamentary oversight committee looking into the escape of 'Facebook rapist' and murderer Thabo Bester, the private security company's contract with the state has come under scrutiny.

The police say they are positive convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is a South African national despite him not having an ID. 




Members of Operation Restore, deployed in the Ocean View policing precinct to combat gang-related shootings, arrested two suspects aged 25 and 28 in two isolated incidents for the possession of unlicensed firearms in Masiphumelele on Tuesday evening. The members were busy with stop-and-search operations in the area when they heard gunshots going off nearby. They

Police are requesting assistance from the community in finding Sindisiwa Phonosh, aged 17, from Harry Gwala Section, Zamdela who is missing. Sindiswa was last reportedly last seen on 28 December 2022 when she left her parents' house with her boyfriend to pick up her clothes and has since never returned. Anyone with information regarding Sindiswa's