Cape Flats: Gang leadership crumbles as members fight their own
/ 20 February 2023

Cape Flats: Gang leadership crumbles as members fight their own

It is about power, drugs and money for young gangsters who snub ‘traditional’ loyalist rules

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Hard Livings: The life of a child gangster
/ 11 September 2022

Hard Livings: The life of a child gangster

Debate is heating up over the Child Justice Amendment Act increasing the criminal capacity age from 10 to 12 years

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Gunshot detection system makes comeback to Cape Flats
/ 22 June 2022

Gunshot detection system makes comeback to Cape Flats

The City of Cape Town has awarded a R30-million contract for three years to combat crime in ganglands

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Cape Flats gangsters, children die in fight over turf
/ 24 July 2021

Cape Flats gangsters, children die in fight over turf

Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates

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