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Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale and Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen at the signing of the Durban Declaration to combat the construction mafia. (Supplied)

Government, business pledge to combat construction mafia

The Durban Declaration outlines concrete interventions to be taken to over the next 12 months

  • Eyaaz
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Caption: Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson applauds Stefanutti Stocks Coastal Regional Manager Matthew Horwill who was shot by the construction mafia after his company refused to bow to extortion pressure. Photo: Supplied

Senzo Mchunu: Construction mafia is South Africa’s ‘real enemy’

Police are investigating the kingpins who issue extortion orders while ensconced in upmarket suburbs, the minister tells a summit on the problem

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