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The man who was spotted on a viral video carting stolen Woolworths goods to his luxury Mercedes Benz during the 2021 riots in Kwazulu Natal, has pleaded guilty in the Durban Regional Court.

Power utility Eskom says one of its employees was the victim of a recent kidnapping during which he was severely assaulted.

Security company G4S has confirmed the dismissal of three prison wardens from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in connection with the fire which led to the escape of Facebook rapist Thabo Bester.

The state has indicated it would be seeking at least two life sentences as well as a minimum of ten years imprisonment for a man who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted several young girls in Somerset East. The case against 65-year-old alleged paedophile Lukas Rudman is currently underway in the High Court sitting in Makhanda.

A man who inherited seven firearms from his later father was arrested for not obtaining licenses for these weapons. A spokesperson for the police in Mpumalanga, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala says 33-year-old Martin Nelson was arrested at his house in Emalahleni last week when police reacted on a tip-off.

KZN police investigating the murders of Kienarn AKA Forbes and his friend Tebello Motsoane - say there hasn't been an update on the case yet.

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, says the school where an Eastern Cape girl recently died, had been provided with “South African National Standards approved infrastructure.”

The National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has ordered the prioritisation of investigations into the prison escape of Thabo Bester, known as the Facebook rapist. Bester reportedly died in his prison cell after setting himself alight, however, it was established in the autopsy report that the man who died in the fire was already dead.

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has admitted that the ‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester escaped from prison. Bester was serving a life sentence for rape and murder in Mangaung Correctional Centre, a maximum security prison operated by G4S, a multinational company. He was initially reported to have set himself alight and died in a prison cell on 3 May 2022.