G4S

2023 - 3 - 28

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Correctional Services Department must scrap 25-year deal with G4S ... (Eyewitness News)

The police union called on the government to end its partnership with the multinational security company to run Mangaung Prison, following Thabo Bester's ...

[Bester's prison break](https://ewn.co.za/2023/03/25/thabo-bester-did-not-die-in-a-fire-but-escaped-from-prison-confirms-dcs) gripped the country's attention, with new details of his escape coming to light. [chasing profits over security](https://ewn.co.za/2023/03/27/thabo-bester-escape-popcru-accuses-g4s-of-chasing-profits-over-security), calling for the government to scrap both contracts and take over the facilities. JOHANNESBURG - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) called on the Department of Correctional Services to revoke the 25-year contract it had with G4S to run Mangaung Prison, following the brazen escape by Facebook Rapist,

G4S says it sacked three employees after Thabo Bester prison cell fire (TimesLIVE)

Though the department of correctional services and the police have said Bester had already escaped from the prison when the fire broke out, ...

SAPS were supplied with relevant information and evidence. “On May 3 2022, G4S Correction Services (SA) notified the department of correctional services (DCS) and the SA Police Service (SAPS) of a fire at a Mangaung Correctional Centre (MCC) and the tragic death of a prisoner. G4S Correction Services on Tuesday said it had dismissed three of its employees in relation to their conduct on the day that a fire broke out in the cell of convicted murderer and serial rapist Thabo Bester in May last year.

'G4S owes us answers': The mother of a Thabo Bester rape victim ... (News24)

The mother of one of Facebook Rapist and killer Thabo Bester's victims says she stopped having nightmares after hearing he had died in a fire - only for her ...

G4S says it raised concerns about fire in Thabo Bester's cell with ... (Independent Online)

G4S Correction Services South Africa, the private contractor running the Mangaung prison in which Thabo Bester escaped from in May 2022, says it raised ...

The deceased died of blunt force trauma and not smoke inhalation. SAPS were supplied with relevant information and evidence,” a spokesperson for G4S said. A G4S spokesperson said on Tuesday: “On May 3, 2022, G4S Correction Services notified the DCS and the SAPS of a fire at Mangaung Correctional Centre and the tragic death of a prisoner..

G4S fires 3 employees linked to Thabo Bester escape (eNCA)

G4S Correction Services says it dismissed three employees at Mangaung prison between September 2022 and January 2023.

G4S and Correctional Services must account for Thabo Bester's ... (Democratic Alliance)

Reports in the media that the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services was aware that Thabo Bester had escaped, and subsequently took no action is deeply ...

It is becoming more apparent that Thabo Bester had assistance by high-ranking officials in coordinating an intricate prison escape of this nature. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain further information on the brazen prison escape of convicted rapist, Thabo Bester and bring him and his accomplices to book. Reports in the media that the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services was aware that Thabo Bester had escaped, and subsequently took no action is deeply concerning.