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Escape of Thabo Bester reignites conversation around private prisons

Source: eNCA news

Date: 28 March 2023

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IN-DEPTH | After Thabo Bester escape, private-prison company G4S must face the music, experts say

Source: News24

Date: 28 March 2023

Link: https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/analysis/in-depth

Calls for G4S to account for Thabo Bester’s escape

Source: Newzroom Afrika

Date: 27 March 2023

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s1xrE865wU

Journalist says SA prison guards open to corruption due to unfavourable working conditions

Source: SABCNews

Date: 28 March 2023

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https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/journalist-says-sa-prison-guards-open-to-corruption-due-to-unfavourable-working-conditions/

Investigative Journalist says Thabo Escape is proof that high-level corruption at Manguang Correctional Facility

Source: Update@noon

Date: 27 March 2023

Link: https://omny.fm/shows/update-noon-1/investigative-journalist-says-thabo-bester-escape

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

Source: Daily Maverick

Date: 28 March 2023

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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-28-anc-leaderships-outrage-over-thabo-bester-escape-seems-a-tad-manufactured/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-28-anc-leaderships-outrage-over-thabo-bester-escape-seems-a-tad-manufactured/

Thabo Bester | Questions raised about running of Mangaung prison

Source: eNCA

Date: 28 March 2023

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Thabo Bester Prison escape

Source: ivoox

Date: 27 March 2023

Link: https://www.ivoox.com/en/thabo-bester-prison-escape-audios-mp3_rf_105227990_1.html

Thabo Bester Prison escape/THE CLEMENT MANYATHELA SHOW

Source: Life Podcasts and Catchup

Date: 27 March 2023

Link:

https://omny.fm/shows/mid-morning-show-702/thabo-bester-prison-escape

Politicians, prison officials and police involved in Bester’s escape: Mckenzie

Source: SABC News (Morning Live)

Date: 28 March 2023

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Mangaung Prison: ‘A Lawless place of torture, forced injections, and corruption’

Source: 702.

Date: 30 March 2023

Link:

https://omny.fm/shows/capetalk-breakfast/between-the-pages-of-the-misery-merchants-life-and

 

G4S not cooperative on Thabo Bester probe – DCS

Source: Newzroom Afrika

Date: 30 March 2023

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DISCUSSION | Security in SA prisons under spotlight following Thabo Bester’s escape

Source: SABC News

Date: 27 March 2023

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Corruption in South Africa prisons and escape of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester.

Source: Salaamedia

Date: 29 March 2023

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Between the pages of The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison

Source: CapeTalk

Date: 30 March 2023

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https://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/470220/a-look-into-the-abusive-mangaung-prison-that-thabo-bester-escaped-from

Thabo Bester escape: Could it have been avoided?

Source: 702.

Date: 01 April 2023

Link:

https://www.702.co.za/articles/470511/thabo-bester-escape-could-it-have-been-avoided

Author goes behind the bars of notorious prison

Source: IOL

Date: 01 April 2023

Link: https://www.iol.co.za/ios/news/author-goes-behind-the-bars-of-notorious-prison-beeedb9d-f05e-44dc-bcab-04bebfee1466

Thabo Bester escape: not the first time government has had to intervene in running of Manguang Prison

Source: TimesLivePremium (Sunday Times)

Date: 02 April 2023

Link: https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/news/2023-04-02-thabo-bester-escape-not-the-first-time-government-has-had-to-intervene-in-running-of-mangaung-prison/

Thabo Bester Story and Security Prison

Source: Weekend Breakfast/Omny.fm

Date: 01 April 2023

Link:

https://omny.fm/shows/weekend-breakfast-702/thabo-bester-story-and-prison-security

INSIDE EWN ROUNDTABLE: THE STATE OF SOUTH AFRICAN PRISONS

Source: EWN

Date: 03 April 2023

Link: https://ewn.co.za/2023/04/03/inside-ewn-roundtable-the-state-of-south-african-prisons

Thabo Bester story and prison security.

Source: ivoox

Date: 01 April 2023

Link: https://www.ivoox.com/en/thabo-bester-story-and-prison-security-audios-mp3_rf_105538971_1.html

Jailbreak Points to Rot at Prison

Source: Mail&Guardian

Date: 02 April 2023

Link: (physical paper)

(link from Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthhopk/status/1642554871990693891/photo/1)

Newspaper Headlines with Roi Simpson | 31 March 2023

Source: Expresso Show

Date: 31 March 2023

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvnd1N1Srk

Investigative journalist Ruth Hopkins exposes the reality of prison privatisation in The Misery Merchants

Source: The Reading List

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Radio Islam Interview

Source: Radio Islam

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Link: https://www.whyp.it/tracks/85374/radio-islam?token=KpsFa&fbclid=IwAR17IdR5EFUyTYX_0HZzqryo8jwAxhi40wuDOMPOxgTmwJRy84vDF8Q3h-U

Extract from Ruth Hopkins’ book, The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison

Source: The Daily Vox

Date: 03 April 2023

Link: https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/extract-from-ruth-hopkins-book-the-misery-merchants-life-and-death-in-a-private-south-african-prison/?fbclid=IwAR0VNDiWoASa5YYySkhzMj-YXHBR1T0Jl4j72BNRoaplHPUq5AOEStMmcTI

Thabo Bester escape a fraction of the rot at G4S-run private jail

Source: mail&Guardian

Date: 01 April 2023

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Alleged Thabo Bester accomplices in court

Source: NewsAfrika

Date: 11 April 2023

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Thabo Bester’s escape from a privately-run South African prison raises questions about corruption

Source: The Conversation

Date: 11 April 2023

Link: https://theconversation.com/thabo-besters-escape-from-a-privately-run-south-african-prison-raises-questions-about-corruption-203341

Renewed questions about G4S operations: Ruth Hopkins

Source: SABC News

Date: 11 April 2023

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The Lead: G4S directors roasted in Parli

Source: 702 CapeTalk

Date: 13 April 2023

Link:

https://omny.fm/shows/capetalk-breakfast/the-lead-g4s-directors-roasted-in-parli

Thabo Bester’s prison break: Another corrupt institution at play

Source: BizNews

Date: 12 April 2023

Link: https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2023/04/12/thabo-bester-corrupt-institution

G4S is lying. Mangaung Correctional Centre is a chaotic, lawless hellhole’

Source: 702. CapeTalk

Date: 13 April 2023

Link:

https://www.702.co.za/articles/471284/g4s-denying-any-culpability-in-thabo-bester-s-escape-is-a-lie?ref=pid:93

Ruth Hopkins | Mangaung prison: What does accountability look like?

Source: News24

Date: 14 April 2023

Link: https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/fridaybriefing/ruth-hopkins-mangaung-prison-what-does-accountability-look-like-20230413

Outrage as G4S seems to have no clue over Thabo Bester escape

Source: eNCA

Date: 14 April 2023

Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V2ihBJgZ_I

EXCERPT | Ruth Hopkins’ ‘The Misery Merchants’: Reflections on G4S

Source: News24

Date: 15 April 2023

Link: https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/columnists/guestcolumn/excerpt-ruth-hopkins-the-misery-merchants-reflections-on-g4s-20230415

Media and Society | 16 April 2023

Source: SABC News

Date: 16 April 2028

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OUTA Insights: Massive corruption at Mangaung prison exposed, and then covered up again. Why?

Source: OUTA

Date: 14 April 2023

Link: https://iono.fm/e/1300610