Cape Town Gangsterism

Defence lawyers killed as Cape Town gang wars spread

Article Lester Kiewit - 6 Dec 2019

Several attorneys and advocates told the Mail & Guardian that their fraternity is now “under siege”.

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

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Aug 2019

Given the framework within which removals under the Group Areas Act took place in Cape Town, a social disaster was inevitable

Ganglands heroes don’t wear capes

Article Lester Kiewit - 2 Aug 2019

Ordinary people are doing what they can to help children surrounded by gunfire and drugs on the Cape Flats

‘We live in a shack – bullets pass through easily’

Article Anathi Mlonyeni - 2 Aug 2019

Journalism student Anathi Mlonyeni describes what it is like to live in the middle of violence

Boys join gangs to survive in toxic environment

Article Lester Kiewit - 19 Jul 2019

Now those working on the ground to help children say many girls are also being drawn into gangs

Drag queen’s push against gangs

Article Carl Collison - 21 Jun 2019

In Lavender Hill, one of South Africa’s most violence-ridden areas, an unlikely activist is finding ways to keep children out of trouble

Politics mars anti-crime march

Article Raeesa Pather - 28 Sep 2018

Political spats threaten to derail Cape Flats residents’ protests against gangsterism

Shut down planned to protest gang violence in Cape Town

Article Raeesa Pather - 28 Aug 2018

In the early hours of Wednesday morning the community of Bonteheuwel will shut down

PODCAST: Bowie the poet

Article Rasmus Bitsch & Sound Africa - 27 Jun 2018

In this episode we meet Anthero Bowie, a former gang member who is out of prison and trying to reinvent himself as a poet

Calls for army patrols as gang violence spirals

Article Sibongile Khumalo - 11 Dec 2017

Sporadic gun battles in gang hotspots around the Cape Flats area have increased and prompted authorities to call for an army intervention

[From our archives] Zuma’s ‘deal’ with Cape gang bosses

Article Amabhungane - 20 Nov 2015

At a meeting at the president's official Cape Town residence, crime leaders allegedly said they would "mobilise our members and work hard for you".

Zuma’s ‘deal’ with Cape gang bosses

Article Amabhungane - 19 Nov 2015

At a meeting at the president's official Cape Town residence, crime leaders allegedly said they would "mobilise our members and work hard for you".

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