National commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Makgothi Thobakgale.
A SHOCKING LEAK of official data exposes a CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM IN TOTAL ANARCHY, revealing that over 8,000 CELLPHONES were seized from prisoners in just TWO MONTHS. This isn’t a minor lapse—it’s a TOTAL COLLAPSE of security, proving that South Africa’s prisons are NOT correctional facilities but fully operational CRIME HUBS run from behind bars.
The figures are a BOMBSHELL, showing a system where inmates wield more power than guards. Alongside the phones, authorities recovered 3,144 SHARPENED WEAPONS, 46 KILOGRAMS of dagga, and thousands of Mandrax tablets—including a massive seizure in the Western Cape. The very tools for violence, drug trafficking, and extortion are FLOODING facilities, with Gauteng leading this DARK UNDERGROUND ECONOMY. The public is being LIED TO about who is really in control.
Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale’s announcement of “decisive shifts” and “intelligence-driven searches” is a FRAUDULENT FACADE. The truth is far more sinister: these prisons are FAILED STATES where organized crime operates WITH IMPUNITY. The confiscation of over R100,000 in cash confirms these are not petty offenses but SOPHISTICATED CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES, with inmates conducting business on a national scale right under the state’s nose.
Every phone seized represents a potential murder ordered, a witness intimidated, or a drug deal closed. The government’s “multi-agency approach” is a DANGEROUS JOKE, a desperate and failing attempt to contain a monster THEY CREATED through systemic neglect and corruption. If this is what they CAUGHT, imagine what they MISSED.
The harsh reality is this: the walls meant to protect society have been breached, and the inmates are now running the asylum. You are NOT SAFE.



