Words: Matthew Hirsch / GroundUp Social workers have become the latest target for criminal syndicates demanding cash ‘as a protection fee’ in Cape Town. ‘In Delft, they tell us if you want to go out (and) be safe, give us money,’ Annemie van Reenen, chief director of service delivery, management and coordination in the Western Cape Department of Social Development, told … Continue reading Extortionists now targeting social workers