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Mandla N is a co-producer and co-director on the Netflix series Umthetho
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Making ‘Umthetho’ unmistakably South African

The new Netflix series, Umthetho, explores the ironic quest of a prison gang fighting for human rights, corrupt officials, and fractured families. An adaptation of the Brazilian…

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
7 min read
In two recent incidents, staff in Delft were threatened by extortionists, the Western Cape standing committee on social development heard on Friday. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Cape Town’s bloody gang violence is inextricably bound up in its history

Given the framework within which removals under the Group Areas Act took place in Cape Town, a social disaster was inevitable

  • Don Pinnock
5 min read