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Author: Nadine Bowers Du Toit

Special Editions, Urban Public Theology in South Africa

Gangsterism on the Cape Flats: A challenge to ‘engage the powers’

Nadine Bowers Du Toit July 30, 2020
Gangsterism on the Cape Flats: A challenge to ‘engage the powers’

One of the most pressing issues in the urban ghettos of the Cape Flats is that of gangsterism and the discourse of power and powerlessness that is its lifeblood. Media coverage over the past two years was littered with news on gangsterism as the City of Cape Town struggles to contain what some labelled a..

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