Civil imprisonment detainees gobble P17m from public coffers :: Mmegi Online

While President Duma Boko has criticised civil imprisonment, Parliament has heard that the government has spent over P17 million in the maintenance of debtors detained since 2019.

The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Nelson Ramaotwana, told Parliament this week that the cost of maintenance on a debtor who has been sent to prison is P105 per person per day.

Ramaotwana was responding to a question from Member of Parliament for Kgatleng West, Dr Unity Dow who asked the Minister to state: how many people were detained under the civil imprisonment for failure to pay their debts during the years 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022, 2023; 2024 and 2025; what the cost per day to the creditor civil imprisonment for debt is; what the cost per day to government civil imprisonment for debt is; and whether he considers it necessary to review the law and procedures regulating the civil imprisonment for failure to pay debt.

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Civil imprisonment detainees gobble P17m from public coffers

While President Duma Boko has criticised civil imprisonment, Parliament has heard that the government has spent over P17 million in the maintenance of debtors detained since 2019.

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