Women in gangs

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Women in gangs

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Oct 15, 2020

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Guns, drugs and brutal violence - What happens when women are sucked into the macho world of gangs? What draws them in, in the first place? And what happens when they leave? The world of Cape Town’s gangs through the eyes of two women.
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Oct 15, 2020

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