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Thugs ‘with AK-47s threaten us, take our children’s food’ – worker in Cape Town train line extortion saga

South Africa

Thugs ‘with AK-47s threaten us, take our children’s food’ – worker in Cape Town train line extortion saga

By Daily Maverick Reporters

Gun-wielding gangsters target Prasa, derail Western Cape train line repair plans

Business Maverick

Gun-wielding gangsters target Prasa, derail Western Cape train line repair plans

By Daily Maverick Reporter

Axe murderer Henri van Breda quietly relocated to Gauteng facility after prison attack

South Africa

Axe murderer Henri van Breda quietly relocated to Gauteng facility after prison attack

By Vincent Cruywagen

How soap, skincare and ‘bananas’ influence SA’s notorious gangs – axed top cop Jeremy Vearey testifies during trial

South Africa

How soap, skincare and ‘bananas’ influence SA’s notorious gangs – axed top cop Jeremy Vearey testifies during trial

By Caryn Dolley

What SA’s blood-spilling prison gangs wanted Mandela to know — ‘Our history is also one of resistance’

South Africa

What SA’s blood-spilling prison gangs wanted Mandela to know — ‘Our history is also one of resistance’

By Caryn Dolley

Slain gangster Ernest Solomon’s warning: ‘People die every day because of this story of the Number’

South Africa

Slain gangster Ernest Solomon’s warning: ‘People die every day because of this story of the Number’

By Vincent Cruywagen

The tectonic forces that triggered Cape Town’s eruption of violence

South Africa

The tectonic forces that triggered Cape Town’s eruption of violence

By Don Pinnock