Inside Cape Town’s Gang Wars: Life, Death, and Survival in the Cape Flats - BBC Africa Eye Docs
#BBCAfricaEye investigates the violent realities of Cape Town gangs.
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In just three months last year, police reported 263 gang murders on South Africa’s Western Cape — 79 were children who died through gunshot wounds or stabbings.
Cape Town is one of the wealthiest cities in Africa, but also one of the most unequal and divided. The city has become the country's gang capital with violence centred around townships known as Cape Flats. Here, more than a hundred gangs are fighting for control of the lucrative drugs trade.
This film provides rare access to one of the most volatile communities in the country, Hanover Park, and examines the efforts being made to reduce violence from within.
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Hanover Park, Cape Town
03:04 Pastor Craven Engel
04:08 The pastor meets the neighbourhood watch leader
05:19 4-year-old Davin Africa
06:16 A mother's grief
09:02 Negotiating with an imprisoned gang boss
11:46 Mongrels shooter pleads for help
13:03 Gang members and rehabilitation
16:19 Where the gunshots meet
16:48 Pastor checking in on a family
17:50 Young man on why he left the gangs
18:40 Nando arrives at rehab
21:04 Young men dreaming of a different future
23:05 Pastor’s team plead with OTF gang leader for peace
24:58 Aftermath of a drive-by shooting
25:06 Shooter on the rampage
25:51 Pastor addresses his congregation
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