National commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Makgothi Thobakgale.
SOUTH AFRICA’S PRISONS ARE NOT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES—THEY ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL CRIMINAL COMMAND CENTERS. A shocking national sweep has EXPOSED the horrifying truth, confiscating a STAGGERING 8,063 CELLPHONES from inmates in just two months. This isn’t just contraband; it’s proof that locked-up gang lords and murderers are RUNNING their empires from behind bars, directing hits, orchestrating drug deals, and terrorizing communities with total impunity.
Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale’s so-called “Operation Vala” reveals a system in TOTAL COLLAPSE. Beyond the phones, authorities seized THOUSANDS of deadly weapons, including 3,144 sharpened objects, OVER 46KG of dagga, and thousands of Mandrax tablets. This is not a lapse in security; this is a CATASTROPHIC SYSTEMIC FAILURE. How are this many phones and drugs getting in? The inescapable implication is CORRUPTION and COMPLICITY from within.
The state spent MILLIONS deploying officials 59,310 times, a desperate show of force that merely scratches the surface of the rot. With R102,726 in cash and even FOREIGN CURRENCY found, it’s clear these prisons are bustling black markets. While the public sleeps, convicted criminals are livestreaming, networking, and planning their next moves with better tech and connectivity than most struggling citizens.
This is not law and order; this is the state sanctioning and housing organized crime. If our prisons are this porous, this utterly compromised, then every community is held hostage by the men we’ve already locked away. The walls have not just crumbled—they were never really there.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
