Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola says Mangaung Correctional Centre, which was run by private security company G4S, will officially be back under the department's wing in the next two months.
One of the men who was allegedly paid R40,000 after being promised R2.5m to help Thabo Bester escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in May last year, turned himself in to police.
Prison escapee Thabo Bester’s alleged accomplice and lover Dr Nandipha Magudumana and five others will remain in custody after their bail application was postponed.