EDITORIAL: ANC indulges construction mafia
Send the police, not the public works department, to deal with extortionists
13 July 2023 - 05:00
It must be anathema to ANC veterans to hear senior officials in the party talk of negotiating with the Al Capones of local industry.
Last week, it emerged that construction mafia — shorthand for criminals who extort a cut from building contracts — had stalled a project at Durban’s Menzi High School for two years over their demand for a slice of the pie. ..
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