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Government to pay back at least R1.7-million to company running “Thabo Bester prison”

Prisons commissioner had no right to take control of Mangaung Correctional Centre, court rules

Mangaung Correctional Centre from which Thabo Bester escaped in May 2022. Archive photo: Becker Semela

Rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped from Mangaung Correctional Centre in May 2022.
Ten months later, the scandal broke in the media, and the Department of Correctional Services moved to take control of the prison, which is is run by multinational security company G4S under contract from Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts (BCC).
But the High Court in Pretoria has ruled that this decision was not provided for in the Correctional Services Act.
The minister and national commissioner of correctional services have to pay back R1.72-million in “credits” claimed from BCC.

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