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The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has moved to assure South Africans that serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is still behind bars at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional facility in Pretoria.Bester escaped from Mangaung Correctional Centre – run by international security company G4S – last year and fled South Africa upon detection but was rearrested earlier this … [Read more...] about Bester still held at Kgosi Mampuru correctional facility

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged government’s Directors General (DGs) and Deputy Directors Generals to take tangible actions to deliver on their mandates more effectively.The President held a meeting with the senior government officials on Friday in Pretoria to discuss the continued and accelerated implementation of government’s key priority areas. “It is urgent that we … [Read more...] about President urges senior public servants to accelerate implementation

State power utility, Eskom, says it is working hard to address the causes of persistent breakdowns at power stations and ensure that the higher stages of load shedding are reduced.This as the power utility implemented Stage 6 load shedding this week going into the weekend. Stage 5 is expected to be implemented between 5am and 4pm on Saturday, returning to Stage 6 between 4pm … [Read more...] about Eskom teams working to reduce higher load shedding stages

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has revealed that convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester was never registered on any Home Affairs database which captures all legal citizens in the country.This includes the National Population Register (NPR), the asylum seeker and refugee system, and the visa database. The Minister was on Friday updating the media on the escape … [Read more...] about Bester was never registered with Home Affairs, has no ID or passport

The Special Investigating Unit has instituted civil proceedings worth some R1.6 billion as part of the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum’s (HSACF) role in fighting corruption in the healthcare system.The forum includes civil society, law enforcement agencies, regulators, government and the private sector with the corruption busting unit as its chair. According to the unit, … [Read more...] about Health anti-corruption forum makes progress