Reporting by: Riaan Marais
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Filmed by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Subedited by: Ian Wolstenholme
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Watch – Inside South Africa’s billion-rand perlemoen underworld
A delicacy worth billions is being stripped from Nelson Mandela Bay’s coastline. But the damage goes far beyond the ocean. The black market trade in perlemoen is fuelling South Africa’s criminal underworld. Daily Maverick’s Riaan Marais explains.
