Department of correctional services terminates contract with G4S

The department of correctional services has decided to terminate its contract with the private security company G4S that was in charge of running the Mangaung correctional centre following the daring escape of Thabo Bester from the facility.  

The department’s spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said the department has given the Bloemfontein correctional contracts, which include its subsidiaries such as G4S, a termination notice for a period of 90 days in line with the concession agreement. 

“The notice of termination follows the announcement on 20 April 2023 by department of correctional services that it had referred its contract with Bloemfontein correctional contracts for a legal opinion. It has been deemed that Bloemfontein correctional contracts is neither competent, nor suitable to continue with the concession contract,” Nxumalo said.