‘Thabo Bester’ body released for burial despite irregularities in death certificate and death notice

While prison officials were already suspicious a day after the apparent suicide, with no ID number to register the death at home affairs, the body was still released

28 March 2023 - 20:50

By Graeme Hosken

While prison officials were already suspicious a day after the apparent suicide, with no ID number to register the death at home affairs, the body was still released

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