The infamous criminals MPs are sharing Kgoši Mampuru II prison with…
While members of Parliament focus on the political probe, they are working within Kgoši Mampuru II Management Area, home to some of SA’s most infamous criminals.
The parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee investigating serious allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption, and political interference within South Africa’s justice system has moved its proceedings to the Kgoši Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria.
Hearings are scheduled from Tuesday, 25 November 2025, until Friday, 28 November 2025.
The reason for the move is key witness Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, a businessman and alleged member of the Big Five crime cartel, who is currently held at Kgoši Mampuru II prison awaiting trial for an unrelated matter. Matlala is scheduled to appear before members of Parliament (MPs) from Wednesday to Friday.
He is expected to give explosive evidence regarding alleged payments and bribes to politicians, the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team, and the awarding of a R360 million health tender to his company. The week of testimony begins with the South African Police Service’s chief financial officer, Lieutenant-General Puleng Dimpane, addressing police finances and irregular expenditure.
While the MPs focus on the political probe, they are operating within the vast Kgoši Mampuru II Management Area. This complex includes six centres, notably the ultra-secure supermax division known as C Max, situated on the site of the former death row.
C Max is specifically designed to house violent and disruptive prisoners classified as dangerous. This proximity means MPs and their teams are working near some of South Africa’s most hardened and infamous criminals.
Criminals currently housed at Kgoši Mampuru prison
Thabo Bester
Thabo Bester is listed as a C Max inmate. He is a convicted serial rapist and murderer.
Bester became known as the “Facebook rapist” due to his method of using the social media platform to lure models with fake job opportunities. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to two counts of rape and one count of murder.
Bester achieved notoriety in May 2022 when he faked his death in a cell fire while imprisoned at the Mangaung Correctional Centre, a private facility. A leaked report later indicated that the body found in his cell was dead before the fire started.
Bester subsequently went on the run for almost a year before being arrested in Arusha, Tanzania, on 8 April 2023, alongside his alleged accomplice, celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana.
Moses Sithole
Serial killer and rapist Moses Sithole is also housed in C Max, at Kgoši Mampuru prison. He is infamously known as “The ABC Killer” because the murders occurred across Atteridgeville, Boksburg, and Cleveland.
Sithole murdered at least 37 women and one toddler between 1994 and 1995. He would lure victims by posing as the manager of a fake organisation, Youth Against Human Abuse.
He was convicted of 38 murders, 40 rapes, and six robberies, resulting in a total sentence of 2,410 years’ imprisonment. Justice David Curlewis ordered that Sithole should serve a minimum of 930 years before he being eligible for parole.
Radovan Krejčíř
Czech organised crime boss, Radovan Krejčíř, is an inmate in the C Max division. He accumulated vast wealth through criminal activities in the 1990s and fled the Czech Republic in 2005. In 2016, he was sentenced to an effective 35 years in jail for charges including kidnapping, attempted murder and drug dealing.
Krejčíř was notorious for his ability to corrupt a complex network of South African policemen and government officials. His transfer to maximum security was deemed necessary due to extreme escape concerns.
In September 2015, a raid on his cell uncovered a pistol, ammunition, a knife, ten cellphones, and a detailed map of the prison.
Investigations revealed that a staggering R246 million had been made available to facilitate a complex escape plan, which included the use of a helicopter. Following these discoveries, Krejčíř was moved to an underground isolation cell.
Nicolas Ninow
Ninow, the “Dros Rapist“, has been incarcerated at Kgoši Mampuru since 2019 after receiving a life sentence for raping a seven-year-old girl at a restaurant in Pretoria, coupled with five years for drug possession and defeating the ends of justice.