SA's only super-maximum prison

Ebongweni Correctional Centre in Kokstad KwaZulu-Natal is South Africa’s most secure prison.It’s the country’s only super-maximum jail, housing hardcore criminals.
eNCA’s Siphamandla Goge gained exclusive access to the facility.Courtesy #dstv403

[@vitraveladdicts3241]

The nigerian guy has a lot of prison experiance.😂😂

[@tshedzanel8507]

lollls

[@siyabongamichael3240]

Lol uhlanya😭😭

[@vuyolwethuntsomi1465]

Exactly what i thought !

[@sikhiphafulu3063]

Right 😄

[@lonagwegwe]

I think they wouldn't take anyone to that jail if they were just 1st offenders. All if them have had experiences fom different jails before Bongweni

[@mulani1692]

That 28 gang leader is just saying that cause he wants parole😂😂

[@proteacoin8723]

Xolani Axe hell yhea bro 😂😂😂

[@aviewfromsouthafrica2680]

Notice how he never said stay away from gangs

[@charldb972]

7 life sentences, thers no such thing as parole

[@claudiambudi8145]

No parole for him. 7 life sentences. But trust me he is rulling from the grave.

[@charldb972]

Claudia Mbudi I’m from where he ruled.. man is a Legend here. Still ruling with a iron fist.

[@solomonmgaya8190]

The first guy.."this is the worst prison I have ever been, whether in Nigeria, Angola...."and the list goes on 😂😂😂

[@odwa2355]

🤣🤣

[@nqabzyberry9048]

Kade eboshwa lo ☝

[@phumza2567]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cloudmabasa3299]

Its driving him insane😂😂😂

[@mycatisaslayqueen9778]

It's as if he's reviewing hotels

[@jackthenga5452]

That smug look on the Corrections officers face reaks of " you can never escape" lol

[@nawahldavids6696]

im dying of laughter

[@jackthenga5452]

@RepublicanGuard no as in "'reeks" as in in a type of smell not a wreak. I guess we were both wrong in our spelling boss.

[@Sunflower_01]

That man looks like he’s thinking “it’s cute that he tried to escape”💀😂😂

[@nomthandazomdlalose805]

@@Sunflower_01 Legit😂😂😂

[@mohauthekiso5191]

00:32 The Nigerian has been in jail in a number of countries it seems 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thabisamathandabuzo9819]

Trouble some person

[@barryphewa4771]

Lool

[@paidamichelle754]

lol!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-hg1gk2fq7h]

🤣🤣🤣

[@justworldentertainments6081]

emmanuel chukwudi yes it is Saudi Arabia if you don’t believe please google it

[@wendybuthelezi8552]

That warden's face as telling us about Mathe's attempt to escape 🤣🤣🤣

[@Noname-ed7gj]

Right😂

[@MrMuvenda]

Especially when he says "That was the first attempt in this centre"

[@nickymamba3717]

The best😆🤣

[@khutsongobeni1687]

The proud face😂😂

[@kuselwaleona6483]

😂😂😂 satisfaction

[@raymondsingh1728]

This prison is no joke. I used to work here. Hats off to the wardens in this prison.

[@katlehomosiasekolanyane8743]

Raymond Singh work here as ?

[@moeketsimabeya5589]

My Cuz works there. He is from Matatiele and he told me that prison is hell on earth...

[@johnp3081]

th-cam.com/video/jly3nVl2mbI/w-d-xo.html

[@rpsar9926]

@@moeketsimabeya5589 Thats good , it should not be heaven. too much people on the streets that needs to go there. but if your there innocent ,your fked..

[@slindilezondo8371]

@@moeketsimabeya5589 Hi mabeya ....I need your permission to talk to you i wanna ask abouts you coz few questions

[@DK-vy7ev]

😂😂😂😂😂 The fact that you have international prison experience means that you DESERVE to be in Embongweni 🤣

[@doremi131]

D K. Nje.

[@khutsongobeni1687]

My thoughts exactly 😂😂

[@eliteelitehigh8685]

😂 😂 😂 😂 He seems to have gone to a lot of prisions

[@MaMgazi]

It's scary how these criminals look like ordinary men you'd respect and greet when passing by them in the streets, especially from my community, you must "respect your elders". It's even more scary how it could've happened to me or anyone else too... It's not like they have a banner on them that says "beware of criminal".

[@CybertronGangsta]

Trust No One.

[@ThapeloMKT]

Well some of them are ordinary people that had a terrible upbringing, that were put in desperate situations.

[@scarlettbartowski6738]

So true, that is what I was thinking. It gives me the creeps

[@CybertronGangsta]

@@ThapeloMKT nobody cares about excuses

[@brooklyngcode5102]

Lusiwe Ntshangase I need a Nigerian

[@dissumphukdupshit391]

All of them haven't changed. You can see it in their eyes. They are true masterminds, playing with peoples minds to believe them.

[@lukas5939]

Masterminds lol

[@randomstuff5869]

Sorry for them thts their last stop the nxt one is grave

[@SandyMolapo]

Lol when the reporter said "Mather" instead of Murder 😁

[@tshidimakhubedumakhubedu4584]

😅

[@kutullo_9x]

I thought i was hearin things 😂

[@khanyisilemabunda9332]

At 05:02 he says "bothies" instead of "bodies", wow 😂😂😂

[@sharonmodiko101]

hahaha I kept on repeating it

[@raemashao2200]

He naturally can't pronounce 'D' 🙄

[@mbalenhlemahlangu7201]

Going around the corner to Buy bread has become an extreme sports in SA. We're constantly looking over our shoulders in fear.

[@AlbertusVanSchalkwyk]

Given the mess that most prisons are, we need more like prisons like this. No gansterism in this prison.

[@thembi9645]

We probably need 20 here in Cape Town bcz wow gangsters are ruling cape flats so that all of them can held thre. People have been crying for years but no action is taken here....mxm

[@yunghpeac8110]

@@koketsomokoena5982 he/she said they need them in CPT.

[@Ginosko_7]

There is Gangsterism in every prison

[@bridgettehattingh4143]

Nobody invites them there.They go there on their own accord. I have no sympathy for them.

[@etseke]

Have mercy . You could have done the same thing

[@portiabongs7676]

These is the BEST prison ,Big up ,people must learn a lesson not to commit crime❤

[@promiseshadaya3886]

It's not everyone in jail that committed crime . We just need to pray for them.

[@La_Mavimbela]

@@promiseshadaya3886 true. Some are wrongfully accused

[@hazelr4794]

They sound so remorseful but would probably go back to the life if they were released

[@bathabileserei3598]

Definitely

[@mulani1692]

I feel like Robin island should of still be a maximum security prison

[@SinazoM]

Xolani Axe have* not of.

[@Antzman-xb3yu]

Xolani Axe hells yeah im on board!!!!!

[@henkgroenewald7588]

It makes sense

[@bradley8627]

Unfortunately it would simply be out of the correctional service budget! A lethal injection is a far better solution

[@marcelxn1chi]

@@SinazoM "of" is also acceptable , sometimes you should do your research before you type things you have little knowledge of.

[@thulanimalatji2896]

"They won't build no schools anymore
All they'll build will be prison, prison" so said Luck Dube

[@maitlandbradley7162]

With this money being wasted on criminals it must go to free education and other expenses

[@mathopeelroysekgoka9750]

Lol you seriously think those guys should out in the public? 😂 money well spent if you ask me.

[@hunnilinde7559]

They'd burn schools but not prisons! I suggest they build more prisons.

[@hrbtodisdaaay9221]

RIP LD 💜

[@CybertronGangsta]

@@hunnilinde7559 spot on

[@servantofthelord9461]

All prisons should be like this

[@shaniceb7855]

🤞🏻🙌🏽

[@mieliepap7572]

Not exactly...... what about if you get sent to jail for not having enough money to pay for child care, and you get arrested and sent to this

[@mpume131]

@@mieliepap7572 No that's not an offense that can put you in this prison

[@ce666isa3]

1:09 that smile 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@slevinfatsha3696]

"It's the home of the condemned" ..I hope they are paying This narrator man😂😂

[@kamogeloledwaba7152]

Siphamandla is legend!!

[@dsw1998]

It is probably much safer to be in Ebongweni than most of the other prisons in the country. You are quite isolated from other prisoners.

[@RumbiM-eo9kf]

True .

[@subzeromidnight5388]

Isolation makes u insane

[@ruanmonray9851]

If all correctional institutions was like this south africa would have been a much better place to live in

[@shaniceb7855]

🤞🏻

[@mpume131]

I agreed with you 💯 maybe they must upgrade all prisons in SA to be like this

[@jasoncreamer5747]

These are the only prison wardens in South Africa who seem confident in their ability to control the prison.

[@ayandamafuyeka1952]

Lol, I seriously don't think that gangster guy means anything he said

[@juicylucy4134]

He was smiling thru out his sentencing his from here in Capetown

[@godfreymabuza1994]

Ayanda Mafuyeka

[@thereshoprudence9984]

😀😀😀

[@mbalenhlemthembu2605]

lmao😂😂😂

[@wellingtondtivoicenote5065]

😂

[@bryanzondo7466]

The one correctional officer is proud to be working at this facility... Peep when he laughs at Anonias Mathe trying to escape😂😂😂😂😂

[@rakgadim.mohlala1324]

This is what rehabilitation should look like and it should be the first resort for soft criminals and the next resort for hardened criminals. Nowadays jail is a university where you get a phd in crime no wonder our country is littered in crime. Criminals should be separated from other human beings for them to think long and hard about what they did. Not to be left to socialize in prison

[@matto6195]

We need another 1000 of these facilities in S.A

[@JayJay-qu5oo]

Lets just see if we can get another 1 =)

[@matto6195]

@@JayJay-qu5oo even that is a long shot my bru. Dreamers can dream right

[@warmachine6988]

Rather 50 000 brother

[@life4fun350]

Don't pray for more prison in your country but pray for better environment for people to live right and avoid crime....

[@Naamy19X9]

I am from Mt Fletcher and I can remember when they started building this prison (we used to do most of our big shopping in the nearby city of Kokstad when I was a little girl). I had no idea what they were building at first but I was so intrigued when they finalised the building and I realised that it was a prison.
I had no idea it is a super maximum prison before today and what that means exactly. Fascinating stuff.

[@moeketsimabeya5589]

Mkhaya, this facility is in Matatiele and not Kokstad😉😉😉

[@nyakatongongo4292]

This good place for Tabho Bester

[@mthokozisicele7067]

​@@moeketsimabeya5589Unyandzelwa ntoni ukuthetha yontoni ikaka..Uyaxoka Mfondini....its in KoKstad

[@keleohilebonyanaleahdithej7486]

Yes I agree Thabo bester & nandipha must be kept in ebongweni period

[@FredMud]

What is the point of serving 140 years in prison? Is this not a waste of tax payers money. The death sentence would save us millions of rands, or am I just dreaming?

[@saddambarrow6364]

Hhhh you are dreaming

[@kingmufasa8929]

Fred Mud i agree, bring back death sentence.

[@yourfather72]

Death sentence costs the price of keeping about 5-7 prisoners in jail for life. Or you suggest that we hang them. And not use morden day tech

[@FredMud]

@MOSHKA, please give me the figures. I am ready to give you figures on how much the life sentence on 25 year old costs

[@livematsweli8816]

udom

[@makukhanyetywabi8981]

Two weeks ago I went past this prison for the first time and just going past it grabs your attention because it’s “what a wow”🙆🏾‍♂️

[@rm-ol2bl]

Government must build more prisons like this and bring back life sentence

[@implive17]

How about more schools and hospitals?

[@rawstrawberry319]

*Waste of tax money* Death penalty!

[@jaysosaaa7975]

Did you actually watch the video, almost all of them are serving atleast 1 life sentence

[@rakgadim.mohlala1324]

True, these days these overcrowded jails have become university to do a phd in crime. The person comes out unrehabilitated and they start recruiting the youth.

[@TK-yy1ei]

The Death Penalty is a violation of a persons Human Right according to the Constitution i think that's why they abolished it.

[@mrdyasi]

9 years down, 90 years to go...BET!

[@ongeziweaustinsigcawu2387]

NuBlaccSoUl he's almost there looool

[@mzwanelenkunzi5345]

Lol its 10 years down now, 89 years to go, he must hold it there😂😂😂

[@ar_rugby]

He wouldn't actually serve all those years though, they would let him out decades earlier

[@unathimngqibisa9917]

Everyone serving life should be here because other inmates become trapped in the system because of them

[@lebo9474]

I feel like all South African prisons need to be like this🤞🏽

[@keleohilebonyanaleahdithej7486]

True… & no visitors must be allowed … they must eat pap droog

[@rasiedadoutie3754]

Delinquent school pupils must regularly be sent to these places to be councilled by inmates like 'Geweld' to teach them the horific effects of antisocial behaviour, it might help because educators are not necessary equipped to do so. Unfortunately the education department and government are failing these learners by concentrating on less important trivialities. Crime does not come naturally in individuals, but is fuelled by environmental influences such as socioeconomic conditions, lack of education. ..

[@violamanzini5398]

They should make it part of the curriculum for all learners to visit prisons and hear from those in it.i agree with you.

[@Sinazomncane]

I also agree, especially because a lot of children in townships glorify criminal life and prison.

[@leafleap]

0:31 _This is the worst prison I've ever been in_
Well good, then they are doing somthing right, you are in prison buddy, not a hotel. Its not supposed to be nice, you are supposed to suffer.

[@siyamthembamgolombane4822]

Those guys are acting for the camera😕

[@thopemoqejwa3804]

siyamthemba mgolombane thought i was the only one

[@thabanemhlongo8888]

hoping for a lighter sentence

[@mondlifndlovu3435]

siyamthemba mgolombane 😂😂😂😂 Ek is leon schuster daar is die kamera

[@onesiphosongelwakhoza988]

siyamthemba mgolombane they may still run everything

[@danielmoos4858]

siyamthemba mgolombane

[@hoffmanivy]

Yessssss love this! There is no way out, sathane! Nxa! 🙅🙅🙅They should build more of these coz ey, Amaphara mtaka bawo!

[@kabovill]

Show a lot of this on SA Tvs to deter would be highjackers, rapists.

[@truelovenxasana4164]

Kabo Ramotsheo drug dealers as well zaphela izingane saphela isizwe

[@nkosinathiisraelndlovu1580]

I don't think that would be enough, many people tell themselves, "It won't be me", they also say, "I regret it and will most probably do it again"

[@zainapsyed6533]

I like ur point it will make ppl more aware nd show them tht theres nothing nice nd free in prison

[@CybertronGangsta]

We can't do that, because then we will lose our reputation as one of the world's worst countries to live in and visit.

[@sibonisomthembu6829]

@@CybertronGangsta I somehow get your sarcasm

[@bathabileserei3598]

We need more of these centers too many criminals are abusing citizens and making our justice system a joke.

[@londy_mthembu203]

I honestly feel for victims and their family❤

[@TebiPodcastWorldwide]

We need more prisons like this 🙌

[@igqhirhalomculo5458]

Geweld is still smiling,he smiled throughout court too.

[@Mzwambedu]

This was such a trigger.
I was schooling in Umzinto, & my younger sistas went to a school that close to those sugar cane fileds where that vicious serial rapist & killer dumbed the bodies. Truly horiffic

[@vuyogqola]

They must build more prisons like this around South Africa or give more harsh life sentences in current prisons

[@malikbogosi6555]

I say restore the death penalty rather than wasting tax payers money housing animals like this. It takes a lot of money to take care of just one prisoner: accommodation, security, medical attention, food and the list goes on.

[@isaacchipatala1618]

Is going to be your son then will know what is world

[@thembi9645]

We need more, here in Cape Town maybe 10 cuz wow gangsters are out of control in cape flats

[@jairusshole8622]

I just hope the integrity of the prison will stand the test of time.

[@michaelshabalala3300]

90% of citizens don't know about this prison.

[@CrashTestDummy777]

"this is the worst prison I have even been in".
You see, guy, that is why you are there. Because when you went to the "better" prisons you didn't listen. No one feels sorry for you. You are where you are because you did horrific things and YOU did not care about other people. Now other people do not care about you. That is the way the wheel turns.

[@aak5057]

It's funny how eNCA chooses which news clips u can comment on

[@dancleking958]

This jail is beautiful more than the RDP house

[@carlomikhailreid4365]

all prisones need to be like this

[@paulskopic5844]

It is very easy to stay out of this prison.

[@kholisilemagwaca7914]

99 years.. Wow

[@desreedonga5160]

I just wanted to see bricks sing 😂😂 now I am this side of TH-cam and I am hooked😅😅

[@zoeyzoenna2178]

And yet they look so decent

[@bonganimdiniso7147]

y don't u send da Gupta bros da?

[@hellespont1]

We can see all these are criminally insane cases and should have mercy on them by executing them.prison time will never reform them .
If any of them asks for assisted suicide shouldn’t the law grant them?....Execution by some rosy name

[@tmash6363]

Yerrrr! 23 hours alone in a small cubicle.no joke.

[@proudmashilwane4301]

this Nigerian Prisoner is Benefiting from our Tax he must go to Nigeria and be convicted there

[@titileboea6518]

Proud Mashilwane I agree with you

[@evahtlhagwane4932]

Nigerian prisoner must go back to his country to serve his time and those found guilty by judge Zondo.

[@mampelesetla387]

Corruption is horrible in Nigeria, they may release him before time, who knows? Let him stay and rot there until he finishes his sentence, chai! Nigerians🙈

[@mosialive]

Lol!!! Ai You Guys!!

[@pamelatire8386]

Stop being xenophobic. Travel a little and see the world.

[@tokyostevie6410]

2:34 escaped from jail 9 times 😂😂😂modern day Houdini indeed

[@pumlelatemela3708]

😂😂😂I laughed soo hard

[@sibusisonyamakazi]

“Air bow ngueni”😂

[@materenemolaoa1752]

We need more of these prisons.

[@muzingwenya64]

Why am i not surprised this prison is in KZN

[@bee496]

death sentence seams more humane

[@Woman2Watch]

Were their crimes humane?

[@bee496]

@@Woman2Watch honestly there is no need to torture, just put them out of there misery including the misery of families of the victims

[@Woman2Watch]

@@bee496 A rape victim's misery is never over. Why should the rapists be? I understand where you're coming from, but I can't find it in me to show any compassion for animals who commit such savagery. Maybe you're a bigger person than I am.

[@ngoakomoloi1926]

WTF how come I didn't know about this Prison, Yho. . . Too beefed up I only see this on movies and more especially Russians lol. . .

[@LesegoMoruwe]

one of its kind kokstad, madaf these 2 are famous of humbling criminals big up..

[@amandamthamalala769]

When he said "stay away from alcohol" I was like NEVER, uyabhuda kengoku😂😂

[@zolapowerfultigeressibrahi9369]

Mina am stuck on the stay away from sex part. Weeeh unyile lo Malume 😹😹😹

[@tiisetsothato9082]

I need to watch again coz I missed that🤣

[@katlegomogolwane4236]

🎵Weee Mama ka Bafana!!!🎵 Sawaaaa Sawaaaa iyoooh Sawaaaa.

[@Mangi850]

State capture gang should be jailed here!

[@filliusawusi6174]

I value my Freedom Like I Value my Life.. Unfortunately tomorrow is Promised to no one.. Be Careful out there folks..

[@zamashabalala1992]

Why is Takis mom or wife crying after hearing his sentence? as if he doesn't deserve worse after forcing himself onand killing 13 women!!

[@gareththomas1679]

Well said. 100% agreed. Still, they should get the death penalty. Taxpayers money could be better spent.

[@xolilestilo8376]

Who said that's his mom or wife? What if its the relative of one of the victims

[@bomikazinofuya3904]

Who said that woman is a mother to this guy, what if she is one of the victim's relative/mother.

[@webhostingpad1829]

Those are not Takis'relatives but victims 's

[@mikepapa2681]

Mothers heart

[@njabulontuli3054]

DAMN! the Nigerian guy killed me. 😂😂

[@mosialive]

LMAO!!!

[@mphosa1340]

He's not even ashamed...😂😂😂

[@amogelangmakodi7892]

Bitso lebe ke seromo, you cannot call a child "Mafifi" and expect him to be a good person

[@perfectlyimperfect1095]

There is a Setswana saying that goes "Leina le ya borellong" meaning the meaning of the name or the reason behind the naming will manifest itself in that child's life. Go tshwana le bo "Matlakala" or bo "Tshokolo". As black people we need to start realising that names have spiritual connotations.

[@kutlwano_smith]

Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana must be brought here!

[@Africanvillagetee]

I can't believe 20 years in prison OMG

[@praiseplumbers2475]

If this prison was in the USA, somewhere someone would be clever to escape. But in USA they hardly ever manage not to get arrested outside. Escapees most of the time dont have a runaway plan for the outside and the Police in USA is very well orgonised.

[@williamroocka5594]

It's a good prison i would like the state to implement death penalty

[@nkosinathiisraelndlovu1580]

The cells look like apartments, I think there should be the toilet and 1 sheet for bedding

[@Zimchili]

As I listen to this Thabo bester story. I kept thinking of this interview..this is wer he belongs

[@lavejoelogle966]

The Nigerian guy has a lot of prison experience 😂😂

[@sollymanzini165]

our constitution is full of discombobulation how do you charge someone 140 years n still feed him as if he is there to rehabilitate wheras it's a no comeback sentence

[@rahulrathod2445]

The sad part about most of these guys statements is that u don't really know if they are lying or telling the truth. The decisions they made, and the path they took shaped them to be the type of person who ends up in this maximum prison. I just pray they find God in these situations, despite the truth they are withhelding or showing on camera

[@thamicele7471]

I remember that day ,I was in this prison 4yers

[@weedisgreat3167]

No different than some American supermax prisons they started designing them the same since the late 90's

[@annabrisley1463]

Since when is Kokstad in kzn. Eastern Cape bruv

[@annabrisley1463]

@ Siyabonga that's sommer nonsense things. Traditionally those were ec mos

[@annabrisley1463]

@ Siyabonga lol you are my teacher now. Dankie

[@sanah6933]

I think we need more of this jails in south africa pls build more like them

[@prudence0202]

They should fast forward Timothy Omotoso court case and sentence him for life to this prison.....nonsense

[@Mothercityguy]

You do the crime you do the time

[@nolwazimhlongo8802]

And the way the become humble during an Interview....lolol

[@papikiekgwedi9528]

I think prison should be like this.No sharing and in that manner people will be rehabilitated.

[@moosesnWoop]

Prison wardens face at 1:08 - haa he's like he tried, but we still got him heheheh

[@khethobiyela5542]

The smile on the guy explaining the attempt to break out tickles a rib for me..
🤣😂🤣

[@sifisomthimunye6789]

So no one is gonna mention the warder's look at 1:10 😂😂

[@zeeva_sa5390]

He's so proud of himself😂😂

[@JoziTube]

The 1st guy has been in many countries prisons 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-hy3qd5ku4o]

Keep it up Embongweni

[@brilliantdube882]

Those who rape keep them forever in the prison thank u

[@mbalimalaza7613]

140 years!! man I don't feel sorry for you.

[@Musician1]

You must go and take a look at Chikurubhi Maxim in Zimbabwe
That is a complete hellllll prison yoooo

[@johan9736]

Prison is hard life. Been there for 4 years...