Former prison’s boss Linda Mti has been released on bail of R20,000 following a charge of corruption related to his dealings with facilities company Bosasa. Mti appeared in the specialised commercial crimes court in Pretoria on Thursday, after handing himself over to police. Mti, the former commissioner of correctional services, was charged on six counts of contravening the Public Finance Management Act, as well as one count of corruption. He is accused number one in the case relating to tenders Bosasa won from the department of correctional services. His co-accused, former correctional services CFO Patrick Gillingham, former Bosasa COO Angelo Agrizzi, and former Bosasa CFO Andries van Tonder, appeared on charges of money laundering and corruption. They, together with Frans Vorster and Carlos Bonifacio — who were charged separately in another Bosasa-related matter — were released on Wednesday on R20,000 bail each. Mti was in Port Elizabeth before he left to hand himself over in Gaut...
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