Gang Violence

Revolving door of crime and jail

National Lester Kiewit - 17 Jan 2020

The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change

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”.

Faction fights in KZN turn school playgrounds into battlefields

Article Bongekile Macupe - 1 Aug 2019

Long-standing feuds between adults are playing out at schools, with the violence forcing them to be closed for long periods

Rain, Ramadan elect peaceful vote

Article Lester Kiewit - 10 May 2019

Shootings and violence did not stop voters in the Cape ganglands from exercising their constitutional rights

Our children are killers and we need to change this

Article Carol Bower - 13 Mar 2019

They learnt violence at home and in society which is marred by inequality and poverty

Underworld bosses and gang wars — The life of Pete Mihalik

Article Kyle Cowan - 30 Oct 2018

Over the years Mihalik has been the go-to lawyer for underworld figures and individuals linked to a deadly turf war

Communities attempt to shut down Cape Flats to protest gang violence

Article Raeesa Pather - 25 Sep 2018

Tuesday’s shutdown is expected to see Cape Flats residents blockading major arterial roads during peak morning traffic

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

Life goes on in bloody gangland

Article Govan Whittles - 20 Jul 2018

The drugs, the bodies, the violence – it’s hard to comprehend how people live in Ocean View

‘Nommer 37’ goes beyond its Hitchcock influence

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 8 Jun 2018

Nommer 37 is a safe film, albeit one that executes well within its limits.

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

Prison gang war sparks lockdown

Article Paddy Harper - 8 Dec 2017

Westville jail inmates say they are being unlawfully punished for gang violence

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