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Hot Ex-Gangsters Hold the Key to Solving Cape Town’s Gang Problem Wandisile Nqeketho’s Mission to Halt the Spread of Gangsterism
The 18 Gangster Museum, in the township of Khayelitsha, is a project run by ex-gangsters that aims to change the lives of the youth in the community by warning them of the perils of joining a gang. Geena Grant visited to investigate…
Hot Recruiting Young Gangsters Selling the Cycle of Crime to Young Children in Townships
In 2015, Cape Town was ranked one of the top 10 most violent cities in the world. A large portion of this violence is attributed to gangs. In a speech by Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, she quoted Major General Jeremy Vearey, from the specialised SAPS Western Cape anti-gang strategy unit, explaining that ‘Gangs were most often formed by children seeking physical protection from threats in their communities.’
The Gangster Healers An Ingenious Way to Deal with the Township's Greatest Problem
Violence is like tuberculosis. Violence is like HIV. Violence is a disease. But there is hope, because violence is curable. The First Community Resource Centre (FCRC) is an NGO in Hanover Park that implements this idea. The method is called CeaseFire.
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