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On the job: Maluti-a-Phofung municipal workers attending to electricity connections in the area. Photo: Maluti-a-Phofung Communications

Thugs cut power, demand villagers pay

Criminals are allegedly extorting residents when the FS municipality fails to cough up for work they submitted claims for but that was never done

  • Lunga Mzangwe
3 min read

We need to rebuild the idea of the public

South Africa is in crisis and the intra-elite battles about how to move forward do not offer any viable path towards a just way resolution

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia.

Deconstructing SA’s extortion mafia requires substance over rhetoric

State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
The commission launched a case in 2015 against 28 local and international banks, alleging they colluded to fix the dollar-rand exchange rate.

Beyond extortion: Lawlessness and criminality a threat to national sovereignty

Acts of extortion should not be viewed as isolated incidents but outlines of a larger picture of dysfunctionality and misgovernance

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Members of the Cape Town Metro Police search a house as part of a search-and-seizure operation for drugs and weapons, in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town. (File photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Gang threats lead to school absenteeism and business closures in Cape township

A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read