Developers say South Africa’s police force has been useless in trying to help them fight construction mafias.
Construction mafias in South Africa target businesses, government departments, and state-owned companies, threatening infrastructure investments and major projects worth billions of rands.that police told an impacted developer to find a way to work with the extortionist gangs.
“On the other hand, we have a failed policing system, we have had no support from the government or SAPS,” it said. It added that it had not given in to the request but is working with the business forums by training them and giving them work. The R5 billion mining project was halted for two years after the disruptions caused by these construction mafias caused foreign investors to walk away.
The developer was forced to enlist a private security firm with its own heavy weapons and helicopters to get rid of the group, as the police were doing little to nothing to fight the criminals.
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