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The Western Cape high court on Friday ruled that the decision to ban cigarettes during SA’s coronavirus lockdown was unconstitutional.Image: 123RF/Gin Sanders
CAPE TOWN

Cape gangs made big profits from cigarettes during sales ban: report

When the sale of cigarettes was prohibited during the coronavirus lockdown, trade in the banned product was more profitable than drugs. This is according to a Global Initiative Against Transnational Crime report, which found that selling…

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Four suspects were shot dead during a shootout with police after a foiled robbery in Soweto.Image: 123RF/Roger Lamkin
CAPE TOWN

Fish shop worker shot dead alongside two gangsters in Cape Town hit

A gang execution in Cape Town claimed the life of a man in his 20s who was killed with two alleged gangsters while he was peeling potatoes in a fish takeaway shop. Western Cape police said they are searching for a gunman who followed two…

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