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Mangaung Prison

Murder of ‘stabbed, bitten’ Cape Town inmate probed, Mangaung jail killing ‘cover-up’ exposed

Maverick News

Murder of ‘stabbed, bitten’ Cape Town inmate probed, Mangaung jail killing ‘cover-up’ exposed

By Caryn Dolley

Thabo Bester saga — lawyers for accused challenge police officer’s bail objections

South Africa

Thabo Bester saga — lawyers for accused challenge police officer’s bail objections

By Becker Semela and Daniel Steyn

Mangaung prison inmate murder — SAPS, prisons officials point fingers over failings in notifying next of kin

South Africa

Mangaung prison inmate murder — SAPS, prisons officials point fingers over failings in notifying next of kin

By Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela

Police testimony gives insight into how decoy body ended up in Thabo Bester cell

South Africa

Police testimony gives insight into how decoy body ended up in Thabo Bester cell

By Becker Semela and Daniel Steyn

Thabo Bester saga — Escape decoy body of Katlego Bereng buried in Bloemfontein

South Africa

Thabo Bester saga — Escape decoy body of Katlego Bereng buried in Bloemfontein

By Becker Semela

Thabo Bester escape — second G4S guard appears in court

South Africa

Thabo Bester escape — second G4S guard appears in court

By Becker Semela

Thabo Bester saga — Nandipha Magudumana, accomplices remain behind bars while father granted bail

South Africa

Thabo Bester saga — Nandipha Magudumana, accomplices remain behind bars while father granted bail

By Becker Semela

Thabo Bester saga: Police fail to collect evidence of Magudumana’s Bloem trips

South Africa

Thabo Bester saga: Police fail to collect evidence of Magudumana’s Bloem trips

By Daniel Steyn and Marecia Damons

The unfolding Thabo Bester story shows journalists can be better than cops at busting miscreants

DM168

The unfolding Thabo Bester story shows journalists can be better than cops at busting miscreants

By Heather Robertson

Govt ‘embarrassed’ by Thabo Bester escape as control of Mangaung prison taken from G4S clutches

South Africa

Govt ‘embarrassed’ by Thabo Bester escape as control of Mangaung prison taken from G4S clutches

By Daniel Steyn, James Stent, Marecia Damons and Victoria O’Regan

ANC leadership’s ‘outrage’ over Thabo Bester escape seems a tad manufactured

South Africa

ANC leadership’s ‘outrage’ over Thabo Bester escape seems a tad manufactured

By Pierre de Vos

Murder at Mangaung Prison — Leaked report shows ‘Facebook rapist’ was dead before fire broke out in his cell

Maverick Citizen

Murder at Mangaung Prison — Leaked report shows ‘Facebook rapist’ was dead before fire broke out in his cell

By Marecia Damons