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[TOP STORY] Cape Town cracking down on construction mafia

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‘The person who rocks up at the construction sites brandishing a firearm is not the head of the organisation, that's just the lowest level of the pyramid. We've actually got to try and address who is driving these extortion rackets and rings around the city,’ says Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis.

16 Oct 2023 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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