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Correctional Services reports 143 officials dismissed for misconduct [SOUND]

# Correctional Services Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale announced that 143 officials were dismissed this financial year due to various offences, with further cases under investigation. Thobakgale was speaking to the SABC after leading a raid at Pietermaritzburg’s New Prison, where authorities confiscated contraband including cash, cellphones, and other electronic devices in a bid to tighten security and curb corruption. He noted a troubling decline in staff numbers:

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