More than being the social problem they are often made out to be, gangs are an indication of larger problems present in their societies.
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Controversial South African band Die Antwoord illustrates the power relations that make cultural appropriation and blackface so damaging.
Hard as it is, some gangsters do leave gangs. A new book, based on a 5-year study, tracks the lives of 24 former gang members.
A study shows that some Cape Town gangsters choose to stand alone, preferring their independence to taking orders from a gang boss.
Even after becoming an ‘ex’, former gang members must still negotiate gang associations and activities in the communities they remain in.
At present South Africa is simply placing a potentially dangerous market into the hands of criminal syndicates and international traffickers.
Given the framework within which removals under the Group Areas Act took place in Cape Town, a social disaster was inevitable.
