Ernest Mclaughlin News Today

In 2023, the City of Cape Town blacklisted businesses that could damage its reputation, linked to Nicole Johnson, a crime accused and the wife of suspected 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield. Now, National Treasury too has restricted one of her companies.

Businesses linked to Nicole Johnson, wife of alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield, have been blacklisted over alleged construction mafia activity.

The Western Cape is South Africa’s gangsterism capital, where children are often caught in gun battles. And as criminals try to cash in on the holiday season, more violence could lie ahead.

A murdered man’s signature on a national department document suggests a chilling link to the 28s gang and a government contract in the defence sector.

A cousin of alleged 28s boss Ralph Stanfield has been murdered in a Cape Town suburb that is a stronghold of that gang. It is Stanfield’s second cousin to be killed this year. A cousin of alleged 28s boss Ralph Stanfield has been murdered in a Cape Town suburb that is a stronghold of that gang....

Ralph Stanfield's name crops up in a murky mix of everything from extortion to assault to robbery to murdered lawyers.