2024年11月13日 · Gang violence on the Cape Flats is rising, with children being recruited as young as 6 years old. Community members, including former gangsters and policing forums, cite factors like poverty, lack of positive role models, and the legacy of apartheid as causes. Authorities agree that a multifaceted approach is necessary to address gangsterism.

2024年11月13日 · Gangsterism continues to affect the Cape Flats community, creating a challenging environment for families. Local authorities and community members share concerns about young children being recruited into gangs and the lack of stability for youth.

2014年11月20日 · One of the most pressing issues in the urban ghettos of the Cape Flats is that of gangsterism and the discourse of power and powerlessness that is its lifeblood. Media coverage over the past...

Well-known gangs on the Cape Flats include the Hard Livings, the Americans, Sexy Boys, Yuru Cats, Junky Funky Kids, Corner Boys and Naughty Boys.3 Although it is hard to determine the exact membership of Cape Flats gangs, it has been estimated at between eighty thousand and one hundred thousand (McMaster 2007:279).

Youths in gangs on the Cape Flats have been reported to be a major and ongoing concern. It is therefore necessary to explore what prompts youths not to join gangs, or to exit gangs. This article is based on a secondary analysis of data that focused on the perceptions of youths in the Cape Flats of the reasons for youths joining gangs.

2019年7月14日 · The Cape Flats is currently enduring an intense period of gang violence, in which over 900 people have been murdered in the first half of the year and residents do not feel safe to eat standing up in their own homes, lest they be hit by crossfire.

2022年12月1日 · Decades after apartheid, the communities of the Cape Flats in the Western Cape face a continuous onslaught of violence, predominantly brought about by rival gangs competing for drug territories. The purpose of this contribution is to consider the government’s policy and legislative responses to gangsterism through a historical and ...

Gangs may be involved in criminal activities for the sake of survival, or may be high-level, structured criminal organisations. There has been an upsurge of gang-related violence on the Cape Flats since the begin-ning of 2005. Most community workers and police experts attribute this upsurge to ei-9 Die Burger, September 1993.

Street gangs as revolutionaries. The Cape Flats street gangs – most notoriously the Americans and the Hard Livings – have roots in both the Numbers and anti-apartheid activism. Forced removals in Cape Town saw the development of ‘urban male …

2024年7月4日 · CAPE TOWN - The oldest gang war in Cape Town between the Yuru Cats and the Mongrels gangs is once again raging on the Cape Flats. Residents in Ottery and the surrounding Lotus River and...