When the escape saga of Thabo Bester came to be known to South Africans, the family of Katlego Bereng did not know that this will hit home as they did not have any connection with Thabo Bester at all. But it was the body of Katlego that linked them to Thabo Bester and this comes as Katlego’s body was the one which was burnt in Mangaung Correctional Center cell 35 where Thabo Bester was housed. The family was not expecting this at all because they were still of the hope that Katlego would still one day come back home and this comes after he went missing in 2022.

 

Now the family is having the funeral of Katlego Bereng and all this thanks to Thabo Bester who wanted to escape from prison at all cost. It did not matter for him who get hurts in the whole process as long as he was free, that was the altinate goal. The family is burying him with heavy hearts because they still have so many unanswered questions. And worse of it is that no one who has been held accountable to his death, and this is because those who where arrested and charged with murder, the charges have been drooped.

Katlego Bereng’s mother still can’t believe that her son is indeed gone. It is so heartbreaking seeing how she wanted to hold on to the picture of Katlego that was displaced around the coffin. And to think that Dr Nandipha wanted to cremate his body so that he can never be found, it’s just something else. So far the family feels let down by the state and we know that they are planning to sue them. The police need to investigate how the body of Katlego Bereng was moved from the government hospitals and then to governments mutuary where the body was eventually claimed by Dr Nandipha.