Outrage in South Africa over escaped rapist
Serial rapist Thabo Bester escaped from a privately-run maximum security prison in Free State province.
South African MPs are outraged after a key parliamentary committee hearing about a high-risk prisoner who broke out of jail, had to be postponed because representatives of the British-owned security company G4S failed to turn up. A spokesperson for Ministry of Justice tells us the firm鈥檚 no-show is 鈥渁 high level of arrogance.鈥
We speak to South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus, who is being hailed for successfully making an emergency landing after noticing a venomous cobra coiled under his seat.
And we meet a 10-year-old who has written a book of prose and poetry to help her deal with her parents' divorce.
(Photo: Convicted South African serial rapist Thabo Bester. Credit: Getty Images.)
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