Political spats threaten to derail Cape Flats residents’ protests against gangsterism
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.
Some desperate residents of Lavender Hill have welcomed the renewed presence of the controversial movement Pagad.
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/ 5 September 2007
Reformed Hard Livings gang leader Rashied Staggie was on Wednesday found not guilty of the revenge murder of taxi driver Mogamat Ryklief. Staggie appeared in the Cape High Court before Judge Nathan Erasmus, who labelled the only state witness, Donavan Richards, as a ”good liar who manipulated words to suit himself”.