The 'Donkie' story: Rugby stardom‚ a job with the council… and notorious gang boss
Jerome "Donkie" Booysen was a rugby star back as a youngster‚ and he spent 20 years earning an anonymous living as a City of Cape Town building inspector.
But since he and his two brothers‚ Michael and Colin‚ emerged in the 1990s as leaders of the Sexy Boys — one of the biggest gangs on the Cape Flats — he has rarely been out of the headlines.
And he was there again after being shot in Ravensmead on Monday. He is expected to make a full recovery.
Jerome 'Donkie' Booysen 'doing well' after Cape Flats shooting Alleged Cape Town gang boss Jerome “Donkie” Booysen was “doing well” on Tuesday after he was reportedly shot in the neck in Ravensmead on Monday night.
Booysen has partnered Atlantic Seaboard millionaire businessman Mark Lifman in property deals‚ and was also associated with Yuri “the Russian” Ulianitski‚ who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Milnerton in 2007.
Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen critical after shooting The head of Cape Town gang 'Sexy Boys'‚ Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen‚ is in a critical condition after being shot on Monday in an ongoing underworld turf war‚ reports said.
Here are some of the recent incidents involving Booysen that have attracted media attention:
May 8 2017: Booysen is shot in Ravensmead‚ Cape Town.
November 2016: Booysen’s lawyer‚ Noorudien Hassan‚ is shot and killed outside his Lansdowne home. The 45-year-old attorney also represented 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield.
May 2016: Booysen arrives at an Observatory tyre service centre shortly after an arson attack. He said he was on the scene because the owner of the business was a friend.
January 2014: Booysen accuses the police of stealing thousands of rands during raids on three of his properties in Glenhaven and two in Belhar.
May 2013: Booysen’s brother Colin‚ alleged to be a Sexy Boys leader‚ is shot in the arm and leg outside the gang’s Belhar stronghold.
March 2013: Booysen’s fortified Glenhaven stronghold is petrol-bombed and shot at during a dusk attack.
March 2013: A huge stash of chemicals used to make illegal drugs goes up in flames at a Durbanville house owned by Booysen. Community safety MEC Dan Plato says the Sexy Boys control the “massive” drug trade at city centre clubs and pubs.
February 2013: The Hawks search three houses owned by Booysen — two in Durbanville and one in Bellville — and arrest four men for allegedly dealing in drugs.
March 2011: Assailants riding a motorbike shoot and kill underworld kingpin Cyril Beeka‚ 49‚ shortly after he left Booysen’s home.