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Gangsterism

Cape Town’s bloody gang violence is inextricably bound up in its history

8th August 2019 Don Pinnock 0

When the apartheid government decided to evict people it called Coloured from Cape Town’s inner city, it set off a chain reaction that now requires military intervention. More than […]

Army deployment delayed by ‘orientation process and paperwork’

20th July 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The deployment of the army in Cape Flats townships invokes the states of emergency of the 1980s. It’s a different time, a different war.

Vigilantism causes tensions in Blikkiesdorp

28th August 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

Blikkiesdorp is on a knife edge following the burning of shacks of those accused of habouring thugs and gangsters.

Helenvale residents demand a safer community

13th June 2017 Joseph Chirume 0

Gangsterism and contact crime is reportedly escalating in Port Elizabeth’s Northern Areas, a predominantly coloured community. Brutal killings and gun related violence are commonplace in […]

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