The department of correctional services has served a 90-day notice to terminate the controversial private-public partnership at Mangaung Correctional Centre in the wake of inmate Thabo Bester's escape.
“The department this morning served the Mangaung correctional services Ltd with a notice to terminate,” said Lamola.
“The notice to terminate follows a legal opinion DCS had sought. It has been deemed that BCC is not suitable to continue with the contract. In line with the concession contract agreement, a termination notice for a period of 90 days has been served to BCC, and thereafter, the contract will cease to operate.
Bester made a daring escape, allegedly with the aid of G4S personnel and his girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana, from the prison in May 2022. He was captured nearly a year later with his lover in Arusha, Tanzania, as they were heading for the Kenyan border. He's being held at Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.
“They are struggling to meet the contractual obligations, therefore the department has decided and issued a notice of termination to the Mangaung management company with regards to this matter. And we will prefer to leave it there because it's an area of uncertainty in terms of issues of litigation,” Lamola said.
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