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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
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