Concerns over acts of extortion in Eastern Cape

Acts of extortion that are allegedly getting out of hand in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, have seen AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo call an urgent meeting with different sectors.

Some businesses in the area have closed down, as owners have been receiving demands to pay protection fees in exchange for their businesses not being robbed.

This appears to have escalated, with some schools in Mthatha West being targeted by criminals, demanding protection fees.

[codesagecoder]

These schools are being targeted by community leaders not criminals; the very same community leaders that were interviewed during the opening of this news segment.

[mphothulo]

Cell tower extortion next to school?, south Africa is loosing direction

[nicholasfungurani]

These people are lazy. They want money for something that they didn't even put up.

[sivuyilecelu]

Eish my people are so this Tower gonna be helpful on the of dealing with real issues...

[trendingviews]

If the deputy police commissioner is requesting citizens to identify corruption police and report them. Then, the police are not ready yet to curb crime. I think Mthatha need commissioner like Mthwanazi from Durban to do the cleanup.

[htprince]

lol aha, we have failed as black people. This is embarrassing.

[lalilali]

🙏🏿umntwanomhle has spoken. The man who lives for the truth

[DavidHarsant]

This is a national problem. They need to make it life in prison for extortion. These crminals do this, they go to jail for 5 to 10 years then come out and do the same thing again.

[sibusisonkosi]

Network providers must remove their towers so that those idiots would not have network connections 😂😂😂

[ncebampangeva]

The money for the tower must be used for schools development in the area and not be given to chiefs never.

[MaletjeM]

Police service is there? What nonsense is this?

[enfibfd]

They don't show the part where the King names the premier as the culprit

[lebogangmokoenalebza]

common trend from the western cape to eastern cape

[tuvlgsm]

Those demanding money and lying about children's needs, I mean that woman and that man have they been mandated by the Kingto speak and to demand the money? because the king was there talking. Their story is fishy. Why all of a sudden they want to know the money? They need to be questioned. For her to wear ANC colours is a FAKE.

[mlimisiqendu]

The extortionists are these so called community leaders. The ANC must find this woman and expel her from the organisation. Wearing ANC regalia while condoning extortion.

[sibonakalisocele]

Everything abt Eastern Cape is disgusting... community leaders extorting a school bcoz cellphone towers ? Same community members who say they are being extorted by criminals

[davidsahondo]

I was a victim also in Mthatha bcz of driving a GP truck, on a garage filling fuel a taxi come with 4 gentlemen inside a accusing me of giving people a hike so I have apologize them and pay them or they are to shoot me. With the help of the garage management they called for excort team to take me out of Mthatha. They pretend to be taxi association team yet they are robbers. Making a bad name to taxi associations. Mthatha now a bad area on truck drivers not safe, be careful guys.

[musandasikhwivhilu]

Is he drunk? He is not that old but he seems to be not well.

[askabantv]

Yet South Africans are busy holding press conference for chidima 😂 😂 😂

[alphmash]

2:55 O R Tambo Deputy District Commissioner.