The three latest suspects to be arrested in connection with the audacious Thabo Bester escape have been remanded in custody after making their first appearance in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Bester faked his own death and escaped from the G4S operated Mangaung Correctional Centre in May last year.

He was re-arrested in April 2023 by Tanzanian authorities in Arusha after he fled the country with his lover, Dr Nandipha Magudumana.

The G4S employees, Joel Makhetha, Moeketsi Ramolula and Thabang Mier, were all arrested on Monday at their Bloemfontein and Botshabelo homes.

The latest arrests bring the number of people arrested in connection with Bester’s escape to 12, including Bester himself.

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