Pagad – which became notorious for violence in the 90s – says its attempts to help drug-affected communities in Jo’burg have been thwarted by police.
Pagad’s reputation as a violent vigilante group is hampering its ambition to take on Gauteng.
The release of Pagad’s leader from prison has sparked a revival of the controversial vigilante group.
Cape Town is consistently rated as one of the world’s top-10 tourist destinations. But out of sight, it’s also one of the most violent cities.
An <em>M&G</em> probe raises questions about Western Cape police commissioner Mzwandile Petros’s version of events in an urban terror case.
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/ 4 September 2007
Former Hard Livings gang leader Rashied Staggie has decided not to testify in his murder trial in the Cape High Court. His advocate, Koos Louw, closed his client’s case on Tuesday morning without calling any witnesses. Staggie is charged with the August 1996 killing of taxi driver Mogamat Ryklief, allegedly in revenge for the slaying three days earlier of Staggie’s twin brother.