Faces of the cartel emerge in the Madlanga Commission’s ‘Big Five’ reveal
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For months the Madlanga Commission had circled a name without a face, the “Big Five”, a syndicate spoken of in whispers, WhatsApp logs and reluctant testimony from senior police officers who seemed more afraid of the cartel than of the commission itself.
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What happened
For months the Madlanga Commission had circled a name without a face, the “Big Five”, a syndicate spoken of in whispers, WhatsApp logs and reluctant testimony from senior police officers who seemed more afraid of the cartel than of the commission itself.
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