South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services is ordered to repay at least R1.7 million to the company that runs the private, maximum-security Mangaung Correctional Centre, where Thabo Bester escaped in May 2022. The order involves the Minister for Correctional Services and the National Commissioner of Correctional Services, according to reports cited by local outlets. The repayment relates to contractual and financial consequences tied to the escape. One outlet reports that the operator, G4S, is fined R880,000 under the contract connected to Bester’s escape. Combined reporting indicates the government must refund at least R1.7 million, which reflects the amounts associated with that contractual fine and related penalties or costs. The coverage is based on reporting by GroundUp. No additional details about the timing of the repayment or any further legal steps are provided in the excerpts, but both sources frame the decision as a formal order requiring repayment to the operator following the 2022 escape.
Government ordered to repay at least R1.7m to private Mangaung prison operator
South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services is ordered to repay at least R1.7 million to the company that runs the private, maximum-security Mangaung Correctional Centre, where Thabo Bester esc...
- The government is ordered to repay at least R1.7 million to the company that operates the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
- The operator is G4S, which runs the private maximum-security prison where Thabo Bester escaped in May 2022.
- The order targets the Minister for Correctional Services and the National Commissioner of Correctional Services.
- One reported basis is that G4S is fined R880,000 under the contract relating to Bester’s escape.
- The reports cite GroundUp as the source of additional details.
The Minister and the National Commissioner of Correctional Services have been ordered to repay at least R1.7 million to the company that runs the private, maximum-security Mangaung Correctional Centre, from which rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped in May 2022, GroundUp reports.
2 months agoG4S was fined R880 000 for Thabo Bester's escape, as per the contract.
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