Latest articles on 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".

City of Cape Town deploys task team to tackle drug problem

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Jan 2015

Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille announces a task team to be trained to take on the drug and gangsterism problem in the city.

Zuma orders report on Cape ganglands

Article Sapa - 18 Jul 2012

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says Jacob Zuma wants an assessment on the gang situation in Lavender Hill and Hanover Park on the Cape Flats.

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