Earmarked for terror: why Cape Flats kids join gangs, and how to save them

Driven by hunger and a need for acceptance, children become easy targets for gang recruiters

18 October 2020 - 19:06 By aron hyman

Terror is the word that best describes Horatio “Voudie” Solomon’s reign as leader of a gang known as the Terrible Josters...

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