Kidnapping for ransom surges in South Africa
/ 19 November 2023

Kidnapping for ransom surges in South Africa

Criminals treat abduction and extortion as a business transaction and wealthy individuals increasingly insure against it

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Wentworth drug wars claim more young lives
/ 23 July 2023

Wentworth drug wars claim more young lives

Residents say scores of young people are recruited by gangs and are gunned down in the Durban suburb where revenge killings are a reality

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