Manager who lost control of Mangaung prison unveiled

Johan Theron, who has been in the prison management system for 44 years, was yesterday exposed as the man who had completely lost control of the shambolic Mangaung jail, from which murderer and rapist Thabo Bester escaped last year.

Theron, who previously worked for the department of correctional services for 21 years from 1979, joined the Mangaung facility in November 2000 and subsequently took charge as managing director in 2015...