{"id":42005,"date":"2024-12-05T06:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T04:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/gugulethu-police-investigate-extortion-targeting-families-of-initiates-20241205\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:19:10","slug":"gugulethu-police-investigate-extortion-targeting-families-of-initiates-20241205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/gugulethu-police-investigate-extortion-targeting-families-of-initiates-20241205\/","title":{"rendered":"Gugulethu police investigate extortion targeting families of initiates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gugulethu police are investigating a case of extortion after a man allegedly demanded \u201cprotection fees\u201d from families of initiates at Joe Gqabi railway station.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A 55-year-old woman reported the incident after the suspect threatened to return and shoot her and her husband.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sikelela Zokufa of the Somagwaza Institute confirmed awareness of the threats, identifying the suspect as an individual rather than a group.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Gugulethu police are investigating a case of extortion after an unknown man allegedly went around the neighbourhood demanding protection fee from some of the parents whose sons went for initiation at nearby Joe Gqabi railway station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial police spokesperson W\/O Joseph Swartbooi confirmed one incident. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said according to the reports, the complainant, a 55-year-old female, was at her house in Gugulethu on Monday 25 November when an unknown man came to their home at around 16:30 demanding \u201ca portion fee\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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