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Watch – Cape Town raids: City and SAPS divided over R1.6bn corruption claims

A high-stakes arrest with apparent links to a suspected gang boss. An unlawful police raid. And the City of Cape Town in effect blowing the whistle on itself in a corruption investigation that police say involves R1.6-billion, but which City officials say is a 'grossly inflated' amount. These events are shaking the city’s political and policing landscape. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.
Caryn Dolley
By Caryn Dolley
28 Oct
cape town raids Illustrative image, from left: Police in Cape Town. (Photo: Gallo Images / Die Burger / Jaco Marais) | Cape Town Civic Centre. (iStock) | City of Cape Town’s JP Smith, mayoral committee member for safety and security. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach) | Malusi Booi, former Cape Town human settlements mayoral committee member. (Photo: Gallo Images / Brenton Geach) | Alleged gang boss Ralph Stanfield. (Photo: Gallo Images / Die Burger / Jaco Marais)

 

Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn

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