INDUSTRY UNDERWORLD: Pleas for police intervention as construction mafias cripple building projects in Cape Town

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Extortion in the building sector, particularly in Cape Town, has reached the point where paying off syndicates will become the norm. As a result of this criminal activity, 45,000 houses have remained unbuilt in the past five years.

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Maseko said: “How do you react if the extortionist demands that you continue while you have a 70- or 80-year-old lady waiting to get into a house?home pageAccording to Malusi Booi, Mayco Member for Human Settlements in the City of Cape Town, there have been many criminal disruptions at key housing projects meant to benefit some of the metro’s most vulnerable residents.

 

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