Criminals are allegedly extorting residents when the FS municipality fails to cough up for work they submitted claims for but that was never done
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
State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia
Acts of extortion should not be viewed as isolated incidents but outlines of a larger picture of dysfunctionality and misgovernance
A letter, apparently written by gangsters in Philippi, warns they will kill Somalis if extortion fees are paid to their rivals