Security at Cape Town’s hottest party spots allegedly taken over by underworld figures
The Grand Africa Café & Beach is the playground for the well-heeled in Cape Town. But on April 2 a convoy of cars – including a Porsche Cayenne and five Toyota Avanzas – pulled into the parking lot and something peculiar happened.
According to Colonel Charl Kinnea‚ who testified in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday‚ the manager was informed by alleged underworld figures that they were taking over security of the swish establishment.
Now Nafiz Modack‚ Colin Booysen (brother of alleged gang boss Donkie Booysen)‚ Jacques Cronje‚ Carl Lakay‚ and Ashley Fields have been arrested for extortion.
Their bail application has provided a glimpse into the alleged dark underbelly of the illicit security cartels operating among Cape Town’s nightlife scene. In recent months several shootings have taken place at clubs around the city.
Kinnea told the court that the establishment’s manager said he was told that their security company stopped operating and that “TSG” would take over.
Source: timeslive.co.za