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Another new mafia emerging in South Africa | SA News

Malcolm Libera
 ·14 May 2026

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Mafia-style criminal syndicates are increasingly using spaza shops to peddle illicit products into the lucrative township economy. 

KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has raised concern over gangs allegedly using spaza shops as a front for criminal activities.

Addressing MPs during a briefing to parliament’s portfolio committee on police in May, Mkhwanazi said law enforcement had identified a pattern of gang activity linked to some spaza…

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