Acting national commissioner for correctional services Makgothi Samuel Thobakgale has appointed a temporary manager at the Mangaung Correctional Centre after the 'embarrassing' Thabo Bester debacle, which he said “undermined the authority of the state”.
The government is embarrassed about murderer and rapist Thabo Bester’s audacious escape from prison, minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on Thursday.