The Cape Flats in South Africa is made up of 20 suburbs make up the Cape Flats; populated predominantly by black and coloured communities, a term used to describe those of mixed-heritage. Each suburb is marked by poverty, crime, drug abuse, gangsterism and violence.
In this, Lindy Mtongana's final episode, she looks at the Grassy Park where a slew of recent killings has exposed the devastating consequences of territorial battles among the Cape’s most dangerous gangs.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Guests:
Julia Stanyard, Senior Analyst, Observatory for East and Southern Africa, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Lyndsay Connelly, a community organiser in Grassy Park.
Additional Links:
Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa - Risk Bulletin - Issue 25
The Global Organized Crime Index - South Africa
Global Assassination Monitor
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Organized Crime Risk in South Africa
Political Assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Cattle Rustling in Mali
Drugs and Development Hub Regional Conversation
The "Young Tycoon" and Fake Gold Scams in East Africa
Illicit Markets and Insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Abalone: The Trafficked South African Sea Snail
Africa Index on Organized Crime
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The Evolution of Meth Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa
The Future of Libya Under Dabaiba
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Tunisia: Political Unrest and the Illicit Economy
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