High price of testifying against notorious Cape gangster 'Geweld'

24 May 2015 - 02:00
By PHILANI NOMBEMBE

Margaret Jones (not her real name) shivers at the mention of George "Geweld" Thomas's name. She was one of the witnesses brave enough to testify against the notorious gangster, who was earlier this month convicted on 53 charges ranging from murder to racketeering in a campaign of terror across the Cape Flats that lasted for years.

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