Apartheid in South Africa left a lasting effect on the nation. It’s a country with long-standing racial tensions. The Group Areas Act of 1950 evicted Black people from their houses and sent them to specified territories. Forced into congested neighborhoods, the inhabitants broke into gangs. In 2013, authorities believed that there were 100,000 gang members in the Western Cape area.
Check out these renowned gangs on this list. South African gangs have carved out places in a nation still dealing with its dark past. For underprivileged populations, a life of crime is frequently the only alternative.
The Numbers Gang
The Numbers Gang is maybe South Africa’s most infamous criminal gang. It began in the late 1800s when two men protested against harsh working conditions in a mine.
The Numbers Gang has three categories in South African prisons: 26s, 27s, and 28s. The 26s specialize in robbery and sneaking things into prison, while the 27s are the blood component, requiring a guard or warden to be stabbed. The 28s are the top of the line and must assault another male convict to join.
Apparently, being a member of the Numbers Gang is required to successfully negotiate and survive the South African jail system.
The Americans
The Americans Gang’s integration prompted apartheid and forced segregation. This vicious group wears blue, white, and red clothing and has “USA” tattooed on their arms. Members also have large images of Uncle Sam. With great allegiance and unusual preparation for death, the group’s members engage in a wide range of illicit acts. The American is without a doubt the most active and vicious gang in Cape Town and the country.
The Sexy Boys Gang
From Chestnut Place, this ruthless Cape Town gang has expanded its power across the country. The Sexy Boys are infamous for their drug selling and crooked taxi drivers. Despite its jovial name, the organization is violent. During a police operation in Cape Town in the early 2000s, the group’s leaders were arrested. Its resurgence as a gang makes it one of the most violent in Cape Town.
The Hard Livings
The Hard Livings are Cape Town’s second largest gang behind the Americans. Rashied and Rashaad Staggie started the gang in 1971 in the Manenberg area, causing difficulties with their neighbors. A vigilante gang set fire to Rashied Staggie in 1996.
Despite Staggie’s murder, the gang continued to distribute drugs and allied with the Sicilian mafia and Chinese triads, bringing their criminal operation global.
THERE IS A RECENTLY DISCOVERED CRIME GANG IN AUSTRALIA, VERY DIFFERENT TO THE USUAL
GANGS. THIS GANG INVOLVES THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL BLUE UNIFORMS, SUPPOSEDLY
LAW ENFORCEMENT, TEAMING UP WITH GANGS OVERSEAS, ONE SOUTH AFRICAN GANG.
MEMBERS INCLUDE GEORGE EDWARD, OMAR GADHI, MARRISSA JACOB WHO SCAMMED
ME OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE CONTACT INFORMATION MUST HAVE BEEN GIVEN
TO THEM BY THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GANG MEMBERS, BECAUSE I FOUND EMPTY WALLETS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD DUMPED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 7/11/2013.
FOR ALL WE KNOW AND CAN SEE, MAYBE THESE GANG MEMBERS SPORT TATTOOS AND
PAINT AS WELL. BUT NO ONE CAN SEE THE PAINT SIGNS BECAUSE OF ALL THE BLUE UNIFORMED DISGUISE THEY WEAR….
I HAVE NOT HAD A MOBILE IN YEARS TO GIVE ANYONE THE NUMBER.
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OWEN MILLER
August 5, 2022 at 6:47 am
THERE IS A RECENTLY DISCOVERED CRIME GANG IN AUSTRALIA, VERY DIFFERENT TO THE USUAL
GANGS. THIS GANG INVOLVES THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL BLUE UNIFORMS, SUPPOSEDLY
LAW ENFORCEMENT, TEAMING UP WITH GANGS OVERSEAS, ONE SOUTH AFRICAN GANG.
MEMBERS INCLUDE GEORGE EDWARD, OMAR GADHI, MARRISSA JACOB WHO SCAMMED
ME OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE CONTACT INFORMATION MUST HAVE BEEN GIVEN
TO THEM BY THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GANG MEMBERS, BECAUSE I FOUND EMPTY WALLETS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD DUMPED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 7/11/2013.
FOR ALL WE KNOW AND CAN SEE, MAYBE THESE GANG MEMBERS SPORT TATTOOS AND
PAINT AS WELL. BUT NO ONE CAN SEE THE PAINT SIGNS BECAUSE OF ALL THE BLUE UNIFORMED DISGUISE THEY WEAR….
I HAVE NOT HAD A MOBILE IN YEARS TO GIVE ANYONE THE NUMBER.