Innocent people are being labeled as gang-affiliated just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Residents of the Cape Flats, a historically marginalized area plagued by poverty and ...

This number continues to rise with new gangs being formed across the Cape Flats. Some of the prominent gangs are the Americans, Hard Livings, Terrible Josters, Fancy Boys, Junior Mafia, 28s ...

CAPE TOWN - Gang violence continues unabated in the Western Cape. At least 38 people have been killed in Cape Town since the ...

Today, an estimated 150 gangs, sporting names like the Americans and the Hard Livings, operate freely in the Cape Flats townships. Their battles over turf and dominance have turned the area into a ...

He was a victim of the gang warfare that has plagued the Cape Flats, the townships around Cape Town - a legacy of apartheid, ...

Sending more men with guns onto the streets of the Cape Flats is a deluded solution for communities traumatised for centuries ...

A local saying goes that the only sure way out of a Cape Flats gang is death. The Rev. Eric Hofmeyer used to be a member of the Hard Livings gang, joining when he was 9 but getting out at age 21 ...

A local saying goes that the only sure way out of a Cape Flats gang is death. The Rev. Eric Hofmeyer used to be a member of the Hard Livings gang, joining when he was 9 but getting out at age 21 ...

Gang violence on the Cape Flats has resulted in the deaths of a two-year-old and 15-year-old boy as six were shot in three separate incidents in one day. Saturday, June 28, 2025.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Preston’s new face mask is emblazoned with the stars and stripes of the U.S. flag. While protecting him from the coronavirus, it would normally also put him in ...

The gangs also benefit, getting some food as well as the chance to stay relevant in tough times. They also seem to enjoy the role of modern-day Robin Hoods.