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A day short of a year after notorious murderer and rapist Thabo Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre, the Department of Correctional Services has served the private company managing the prison with a notice that it will be terminating its contract. While this could put the prison back under the department's management within 90 days, a legal challenge to the move is expected.
As the controversy rages over whether South Africa will arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin in accordance with an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, South Africa is investigating whether it can amend local legislation to allow the head of state to suspend the application of the Rome Statutes in the "national interest".
As the controversy rages over whether South Africa will arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin in accordance with an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, South Africa is investigating whether it can amend local legislation to allow the head of state to suspend the application of the Rome Statutes in the "national interest". Last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa and African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula sowed confusion by claiming the party had decided to withdraw from the ICC.