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Bold: Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi plans to hold a formal meeting with Police Minister Senzo Mchunu about securing protection in the construction industry. Photo: Brenton Geach/Getty Images

Human settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi ‘won’t bow to’ construction mafia

The minster said these groups take money and never do any work

6 min read
Ganglands: Competition for territory and battles between rival gangs in areas on the Cape Flats such as Bishop Lavis (above) and Valhalla Park have waged for years. South Africa is high on the Global Organised Crime Index for drugs, kidnapping and extortion.

The clash of the Numbers gangs

How the 26s, 27s and 28s prison gangs got their name, and how street gangs usurped them

  • Eunice Masson
8 min read
Number’s up: Alleged Cape Town gang leader Ralph Stanfield and his wife Nicole Johnson were arrested last year on charges of theft, robbery and fraud, but an acting police station commander’s behaviour suggests that gangs have succeeded in infiltrating some police structures.

Station commander investigated for links to crime kingpin

There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape

  • Eunice Masson
8 min read
Slipping grip: Control over the empire of Ralph Stanfield, who is in jail on charges of theft, robbery and fraud.

A new mob boss for the Mother City?

It is inevitable that alleged gang leader Ralph Stanfield will be replaced. The question is, by who?

  • Eunice Masson
9 min read