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Report unpacks drivers behind Cape Town’s escalating gang warfare
Two rival gangs battle for control of Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, with 90 lives lost in six months of deadly violence, report reveals.
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Two police officials remanded in custody after arrested for extortion
Two police officials aged 24-30 arrested for extortion as SAPS reaffirms commitment to upholding the rule of law in Mthatha.
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Western Cape extortion crisis: Only one conviction despite 331 arrests
The Western Cape is grappling with a surge in extortion-related crimes, with only one conviction secured from 331 arrests since April 2024.
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Cape Town law enforcement officers arrested for extorting spaza shop owners
Two Law enforcement officers attached to City of Cape Town, metal theft unit were arrested to face charges of corruption, extortion and business robbery.
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Three alleged extortionists set alight in informal settlement
Three men, alleged to be extortionists, were set alight and burnt to death in Isiqalo informal settlement.
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Nobody arrested for Delft extortion murder yet
22-year-old shot dead in Delft after father refuses protection money. Police investigating extortion-linked murder, no arrests made.
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Somali shop owner gunned down in suspected extortion-related murder in Nyanga
CAPE TOWN – A Somali national was shot and killed in what police believe was another extortion-related incident in Nyanga on Friday, highlighting the escalating violence plaguing foreign-owned businesses in…
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Triple murder rocks Gugulethu settlement amid rising extortion violence
Three men in their twenties were gunned down in an attack at the Lotus informal settlement in Gugulethu on Tuesday evening, in what community leaders suspect was the latest escalation…
