‘Al Capone’ lives large in SA jail
Maluleka has TV, cellphones in cells
Awaiting trialist and flamboyant member of the flashy Pretoria gang, Team Volt SA, Samuel Maluleka, has allegedly been living large at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria.
Maluleka, who was moved to a single cell after a threat analysis on his life, apparently has a plasma television set and access to smartphones, which he has been using to post messages on social media while in prison.
Maluleka, aka Al Capone‚ allegedly also wears designer clothes and that both warders and inmates cheer him whenever he steps out of his cell. A police source said since his arrest last year, two cellphones had been confiscated from him.
“First an i-Phone was taken from him after [the investigating team] was alerted that he was posting on Facebook. A week later, he had a Samsung Note 7 which was also taken away, but now he has the latest Nokia,” the source said yesterday.
His latest Facebook post while in the cells was last week Saturday, in which he shared a video posted by another user. Earlier in the morning of that day, he shared a post of his picture in a motorbike that he posted in May 2014.
The previous day, on Friday, he had shared a post of Michael Jackson’s picture posted by another user. The source said Maluleka, 37, did not eat prison food but ordered takeaways delivered to him by prison warders.
A Correctional Services insider confirmed that it was common in prison for some warders to buy takeaway meals for inmates and deliver them for a fee.
Departmental spokesman Singabakho Nxumalo confirmed that Maluleka had a TV set. He said Maluleka applied and was granted permission to have a TV in his cell.
Nxumalo, however, said Maluleka was recently moved to the communal cells after another threat assessment.
Nxumalo said no takeaways were allowed in correctional centres, saying there was no proof that Maluleka was ordering takeaways.
Maluleka was arrested in Atteridgeville after posting pictures and videos of himself with wads of cash on social media. He is facing charges of armed robbery, possession of suspected hijacked vehicle and hijacking.
His trial resumes in August.