LONG ARM OF THE ’LORD’: How ‘SA’s top gang boss’ represents a caving criminal justice system

Reported by Daily Maverick · yesterday 22:09 · Caryn Dolley

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Murderer George ‘Geweld’ Thomas has been in jail for more than a decade. But last week, on 17 September, the prisons boss described him as South Africa’s “number one gang leader” whose movements could risk national security. Scandals surrounding Thomas now point to how the criminal justice system…

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