An unusual suspect
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ.
Tsomo, Cofimvaba, Nqamkwe, eNgcobo โ iconic small towns in the Eastern Cape where hardware stores, critical to the local economy, say theyโre under siege. The demand is simple, โstop delivering goods to your customers or else!โ The extortion has quickly spread from one village to the nextโฆ a new type of criminal syndicate strongarming the owners into getting rid of their own staff so that a mysterious group called Masiphathisane (letโs take care of each other) can take over deliveries. As breadwinners are forced out of jobs, the extortion has escalated, with delivery vehicles that donโt comply being stoned and burned. Carte Blanche confronts the unlikely mastermind behind this reign of terror.
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