(1)What precisely was done to investigate the very obvious crime of murder related to the escape of the convicted rapist, Mr Thabo Bester, in light of the ineluctable conclusion that the person found in Mr Thabo Bester’s cell had died before being set alight and that the specified person suffered blunt force trauma and did not exhibit smoke inhalation;
(2) (a) on what exact date was the crime reported to the SA Police Service and (b) what are the details of the relevant case docket;
(3) what progress has been made in the investigation, bearing in mind the seriousness of the situation and that it occurred over a year ago;
(4) what are the reasons that his department did not divulge the full facts about the murder and the escape to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and its subcommittee and the public at large?