Taxi boss tied to organised crime and long-distance bus extortion It turns out the taxi boss caught driving a police van and using a...
Cape Town protection money syndicates kill people, kill livelihoods Words: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp On Wednesday morning a salon owner in Philippi, Cape Town,...
Video of spaza shop extortion allegedly leads to teen’s murder Philippi residents are reeling from the murder of a 17-year-old who was shot several...
Garbage piling up in Cape Town townships as extortion gangs drive out City contractors Picture and words: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp On almost every corner in Samora Machel, Philippi...
Attack on Eskom technicians leaves Khayelitsha families without electricity for a month Pictures and words: Sandiso Phaliso / GroundUp Some families in Enkanini, Khayelitsha, have spent a...
CoCT fires senior housing official linked to construction mafia A high-ranking City of Cape Town official has been accused of colluding with the...
Protection rackets halt toilet cleaning in Khayelitsha Toilets have not been cleaned for weeks, bucket toilets have not been collected, and...
Communal toilets overflowing with faeces due to extortion Over 200 toilets in RR Section informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have been...
Three men gunned down in shooting linked to extortion Three men were fatally wounded in Nyanga in what is apparently the latest in...
City of Cape Town launches anti-extortion campaign Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched a new city-wide Anti-Extortion Campaign under the...