The gangster was slapped with more than 100 years behind bars for embarking on a murderous crime spree to avenge his gang boss.
A total of 250 murders from this period were gang-related, as well as 351 cases of attempted murder and 15 cases of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
On Thursday morning, the streets of Bryanston turned into a crime scene as a multi-disciplinary team descended to arrest an alleged Israeli gang boss and seven others.
Law enforcement is already overwhelmed when it comes to dealing with the scourge of gangsterism in Cape Town and the Western Cape at large.
Gangsters have been making death threats against workers employed to fix the railway line in Bonteheuwel.
Large parts of the Cape Flats have seen “all-out war” for months as gangs battle for control of the streets.
Marco Antonio Paredes-Machado, who insists he was not a major player in the Sinaloa Cartel, is arguing that he was sent to this dangerous supermax prison as a “torturous” move to get him to talk about El Chapo.
I don’t imagine spending time inside a Central American prison, some of which are reserved solely for members of MS-13, is for the faint of heart.
The situation is so bad that police have labelled the area a “red zone”, meaning ambulances cannot freely travel without a police escort.
Reformed gang leader Turner Adams, who was once Kaptein of commanders of the 28s Military Wing inside prison, takes Mace into Lavender Hill and other areas many Capetonians don’t often visit.
A video filmed on Thursday has once again shone a light on how Manenberg residents are “being held hostage and live in fear”.
Jeremy Vearey is well versed in the topic due to being held in the B Section of Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, where the gangs’ leaders were also kept.
Yesterday afternoon, Hanover Park residents hid in fear as gunshots rang out.
The violence has become so normalised that bodies sometimes lie on the street outside schools, and children can differentiate between different types of gunfire.
At the trial of 11 suspects this week, Dutch public prosecutor Koos Plooij told a court of the “repulsive” and “hell-like” chamber they planned to use on rival gang members.
The Hard Livings gang, which has an extensive footprint across Cape Town, has now muscled in on the turf of the Sydenham Heights Boys.
Local research has shown that our extensive lockdowns have actually helped Cape gang kingpins cement their power.
The rumoured leader of the notorious “Boko Haram” gang was murdered earlier this week, with residents dubbing the man responsible for his killing “John Wick”.
A gang targeted a cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle earlier today at Mall@55 in Centurion, with one suspect dying during a gunfight.
Gangs operating under names like the Guptas and Boko Harams continue to demand “protection fees” from traders. They’ve now widened the net to include paramedics.
Mitchells Plain has an estimated 20 gangs in operation, with a spate of recent gang killings spilling onto the streets.
Things appear to be considerably more complicated in the case of the attack on a Paarden Eiland luxury car dealership than initially thought.
Illicit firearms are widely available to gangsters in the Western Cape, and in many cases, it’s the police themselves who are selling the weapons.
On Tuesday night, the alleged leader of the notorious 27s gang, William “Red” Stevens, was shot and killed. Gunfire and violence soon filled the streets of Kraaifontein.
The failings of our government have created a void that gang kingpins and criminal enterprises are only too happy to fill.
Gangs carrying out violent extortion rackets across the Cape Metro municipality, who go by names like the Guptas and Boko Harams, are spreading their tentacles.
Five people are dead, three of them security officers, after a dramatic car chase and shootout in Benoni.
Following the murder of former 28s gang boss Ernie “Lastig” Solomon, the secret to unlocking the truth behind two infamous hits may have been lost forever.
Ernie “Lastig” Solomon was gunned down in a hail of bullets in Boksburg last Friday, after two men opened fire on his BMW. According to sources, his life was bound to end this way.
A 28-year-old Cape Town businessman was unaware that the loan he had taken out was from a man with underworld connections. In December last year, he found out the hard way.