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South Africa: We Are Going Down, the Mexico Way
Democracy Works, 21 February 2021
SA is rapidly going down the way of Mexico, where the criminal underworld, cartels and gangs have terrifying power and have brazenly created no-go zones, defied laws and violently… Read more »
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South Africa: Underworld Suspect Shot Dead - One Week Before Scheduled Court Appearance in Cape Town for Murder
Daily Maverick, 3 February 2021
In December 2020, police announced they had arrested three suspects - Mark Lifman, Jerome 'Donkie' Booysen and William 'Red' Stevens - in connection with an August 2017 murder.… Read more »
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South Africa: Clampdown Upends Underworld - Three Suspects Arrested in Connection With a Global Steroid Smuggler's Murder
Daily Maverick, 23 December 2020
In August 2017 Brian Wainstein, also known as the Steroid King, was assassinated in his Constantia home in Cape Town. His killing led to four arrests and the surfacing of a series… Read more »
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South Africa: Cele Welcomes Arrest of Underworld Organised Crime Suspects
SAnews.gov.za, 23 December 2020
Police Minister Bheki Cele has welcomed the arrest of three possibly high ranking figures of the criminal underworld, allegedly linked to an ongoing "extortion racket" of… Read more »