Decision to place Mangaung Correctional Centre under state control set aside

A High court judgement has set aside a decision to place Mangaung Correctional Centre under state control, nearly four years after Thabo Bester's escape from the facility.

Judges found that the emergency powers used to justify the intervention in the middle of a G4S contract did not meet the legal requirements set out in the Correctional Services Act.

The Correctional Services Department has also been ordered to repay over R1.7-million linked to the intervention.

For more on this we are joined by the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional services, Kgomotso Ramolobeng.

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