Articles for Daniel Steyn

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Thabo Bester escape: international spotlight on G4S

Canadian pension fund questioned on investment in prisons company

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News | 4 May 2023

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Thabo Bester escape: state says prison CCTV technician was offered R2.5-million bribe

Details emerge in court of state’s case against Bester and co-accused

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News | 3 May 2023

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Thabo Bester escape: did Nandipha Magudumana collect the same body from the same morgue twice?

Mystery deepens, inconsistencies accumulate, as police fail to answer questions

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News | 26 April 2023

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Thabo Bester escape: Many unanswered questions about the death of Katlego Bereng

“We need to know how our son ended up dead and burnt in jail” says Bereng’s grandmother

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News | 25 April 2023

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

Nandipha Magudumana used Bester’s alias to stay in luxury accommodation in Bloemfontein and Ballito in the weeks before he escaped

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News | 16 April 2023

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Thabo Bester escape: ministers and officials scramble to answer MPs’ questions

“I did everything I was supposed to do” says Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola

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Parliament | 14 April 2023

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Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana back in South Africa - and behind bars

Magudumana charged with murder and violation of bodies

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Brief | 13 April 2023

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Thabo Bester saga: MPs from all parties grill G4S

Private prison company claims it cooperated with state’s investigation

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Parliament | 13 April 2023

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Government knew Thabo Bester had escaped, but did nothing

Authorities dragged their feet investigating the matter, documents tabled before Parliament reveal

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News | 12 April 2023

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Apartheid labour tenants wait their whole lives for land rights - but there are signs of hope

Activists say the appointment of a Special Master of the Land Claims Court should speed up the process

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News | 12 April 2023

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Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana arrested in Tanzania

The couple had several passports in their possession with different names

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News | 8 April 2023

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Parliamentary briefing on Thabo Bester postponed after G4S no-show

“Accountability to Parliament is not optional,” says committee chair

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News | 4 April 2023

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Canoe polo: Stellenbosch farm children paddle to success

Four players will be representing South Africa at the Junior International Championships

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Video | 31 March 2023

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G4S booted from control of Mangaung prison after Thabo Bester escape

Prison department says that the director of Mangaung prison has lost control of the facility

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News | 30 March 2023

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Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha made millions from construction company

Bester used an ID and driver’s licence in the name of “TK Nkwana” after escaping from prison

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News | 29 March 2023

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The maths that helped South Africa tackle HIV

UCT epidemiologist Leigh Johnson delivered GroundUp and Bertha House’s third Science for the People seminar

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Science | 29 March 2023