Ganglands: Competition for territory and battles between rival gangs in areas on the Cape Flats such as Bishop Lavis (above) and Valhalla Park have waged for years. South Africa is high on the Global Organised Crime Index for drugs, kidnapping and extortion.
How the 26s, 27s and 28s prison gangs got their name, and how street gangs usurped them
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