Incidentally...
Is a love of escapism bred in our bones?
The point is not whether we want Bester to remain free (we don’t). The point is our fascination with escape-from-jail stories
02 April 2023 - 00:00
The story fascinating every South African right now is the escape of “Facebook rapist” Thabo Bester, first from prison in Bloemfontein and then from his girlfriend’s extremely fancy house in Sandton...
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