South Africa: Government to Pay Back At Least R1.7-Million to Company Running 'Thabo Bester Prison'
Judge DM Hinrichsen found the takeover unlawful and said the department must repay credits paid by the prison operator.
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Government to pay back at least R1.7m to company running ‘Thabo Bester prison’
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.
Government Ordered To Repay R1.7 Million To Company Running Thabo Bester Prison
The Department of Correctional Services has been ordered to repay at least R1.7 million to the company responsible for operating the Mangaung Correctional Centre, the prison from which convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped in 2022. The ruling was handed down by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, which found that the department unlawfully […] The post Government Ordered To Repay R1.7 Million To Company Running Thabo Bester Prison ap…
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