Thabo Bester escape: Temporary manager to be appointed Mangaung prison
Prisons boss Makgothi Thobakgale says the director of the Mangaung Correctional Centre has lost control of the facility.
It's from where convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester is believed to have escaped.
It was initially thought he'd died in a fire in his cell last year.
But it's since emerged the charred remains found there did not belong to him.
The alarm was raised when Bester, who's also known as the so-called Facebook rapist, was allegedly spotted shopping in Sandton.
Speaking on Thursday, Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale described the incident as an embarrassment.
He says a temporary manager is being appointed to restore safety and security at the Bloemfontein facility.
"It is necessary that an intervention of this nature be taken due to a number of security breaches and other disturbing practices identified by the investigation report on Thabo Bester.
"When compounded with post-mortem and DNA sequencing results it becomes vividly clear that Correctional Services we are dealing with a well calculated and organised escape debacle."
