Correctional Services Minister Faces Legal Dispute Over Former G4S Employees.
From First Take SA · 4:36
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Correctional Services Miinister, Dr. Pieter Groenewald and members of Parliament's portfolio committee are at loggerheads. This over the legal status of the full absorption of former G4S staffers into the Grootvlei Maximum Correctional facility in Mangaung. Earlier this year, the department took control of the facility. This after the 25 year old Public Private Partnership contract came to an end folllowing the daring escape of an inmate, Thabo Bester. Former G4S employess have taken the department to court for not absorbing all staff. In May, the Labour Court ruled that the department should take on board the former employees, but the department plans to appeal this ruling in the highest court due to its far reaching consequences. Zalene Merrington reports...
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