Notorious ‘gang boss’ and wife’s bail hearing stirs courtroom drama

Ralph Stanfield says he is a businessman whose primary focus is construction

10 October 2023 - 21:40

Despite the absence of a heavily armed police contingent, the atmosphere during the bail application of one of South Africa’s feared alleged gang bosses and his wife was irrefutably intimidating...

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