Four years ago, news emerged that a Cape Town company with suspected links to the 28s gang was awarded a housing tender in an area where thugs were threatening contractors. Daily Maverick has established that the provincial Department of Human Settlements is still doing business with the compan.
Three contractors have been shot at the City of Cape Town's R500-million Delft Symphony Way housing project. The City has beefed up security and is offering a R5 000 reward for information on the shooting.
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