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Explosive: Mark Shaw’s book tells the story of Pagad, an anti-crime community organisation which became a vigilante group.
BREAKING THE BOMBERS

Of a bomb – and an angel

An edited extract from ‘Breaking the Bombers’ by Mark Shaw, which is about the Pagad death squads

  • Mark Shaw
7 min read
Disastrous deal: Mozambican Momade Rassul is said to be a business kingpin in Nacala, a known heroin trade route and where he owns the S&S Palm Oil Plant. He has been charged with money laundering, illegal enrichment and fraud
MOZAMBIQUE

Dangerous liaisons: PIC, Rassul and the Port of Nacala

The Mozambican link to the Public Investment Corporation deal reflects how business, politics and crime intersect

  • Mark Shaw
  • Simone Haysom
7 min read
A photo taken on April 14, 2017 shows a South African Police Services van seen through the window of the ambulance driving in the gang-ridden suburb of Manenberg in Cape Town.
ASSASSINATIONS

Hitmen, mafia and control – SA’s underbelly

Violence in the country is a product of people’s circumstances, so many say. But is it really?

  • Mark Shaw
9 min read
Former president Thabo Mbeki.
ARMS DEAL COMMISSION

[From our archives] Arms deal: seven facts that aren’t going away

The public outcry about the arms deal is not just rumour and allegation. Here are seven inconvenient facts for those who say, "Where is the evidence?"

  • Mark Shaw
6 min read