Pretoria Prisoners Caught Operating Spaza Shop – Video
Pretoria Prisoners Caught Operating Spaza Shop – Video, A raid at the Zonderwater Correctional Centre in Tshwane revealed that prisoners were running establishments behind bars Authorities, including the Department of Correctional Services, raided the facility, and in one of the cells, a spaza shop was found South Africans were disappointed, and some blamed the government for the gross negligence resulting in a spaza shop in prison
South Africans slammed the government after a raid at the Zonderwater Correctional Centre in Tshwane on 18 December 2025. Authorities uncovered a spaza shop operating in one of the cells. Kaya News posted a video of the raid on its @KayaNews X account.
The video showed authorities raiding one of the cells. One of the lockers is opened and reveals contents including bottles of soft drinks, sugar, cigarettes, rice, tomato sauce, and mayonnaise. The bottom shelf of the lockers has teabags.
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Authorities also found cellphones, money, and syringes at the prison. The DCS commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale, said that prison management must be held accountable for prisoners possessing items illegally. He said offenders are not supposed to have tuckshops capable of servicing 200 families.
WATCH: Authorities conducting a raid at the #Zonderwater Correctional Centre have found a tuckshop in one of the cells.
A bottle of coke is sold at R30
KJ #KayaNews pic.twitter.com/Ja133eZb7e
— Kaya News (@KayaNews) December 18, 2025
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