The Gangs of Grassy Park

Africa and the Global Illicit Economy

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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

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