EXCLUSIVE: Extortion mafia in Tshwane

PRETORIA – Police Minister Senzo Mchunu this week addressed the National Assembly on plans by the South African Police Service to tackle the high level of extortion in the country.

Mchunu was responding to increasing reports of extortion incidents across sectors, forcing some companies to cease operations.

In this special article, eNCA producer Lee McCabe investigates the impact of this trend of organised crime on communities, for example in Mamelodi in Tshwane.