The involvement of local business forums in violence and extortion in the construction sector has received widespread media attention, however, this is not the only sector where this is occurring, writes the Since 2015, the construction sector has been forced to grapple with the emergence of local business forums, dubbed theThe practice of these forums, which started in KwaZulu-Natal before spreading to other parts of the country, involved heavily armed groups...
construction sites demanding a stake in construction projects. The stake referred to most often includes employment of members of the forum, a portion of the contract value for"services", and/or direct payment of protection fee in what could arguably be described as systemic extortion.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.