Endangered people | Gang violence surges in Eldorado Park | Part 2

JOHANNESBURG -In part two of our special feature of Endangered People, we turn our gaze from Westbury to Eldorado Park in the south of Johannesburg. 

Like Westbury, it’s battling a mushrooming drug pandemic that’s sparked increased gang violence in the area despite regular anti-crime campaigns. 

Eldorado Park used to be a quiet suburb. Its streets were safe. 

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But with an influx of drugs into the area, it’s been given the unofficial name of Lollytown. 

That’s because of the high number of so-called lolly lounges – or drug dens - that have indirectly fueled gang activity and its accompanying violence and death. 

Peaceful-looking streets have now become crime scenes as drive-by shootings happen in broad daylight.

eNCA producer Lee McCabe takes us into the thick of things with this special report.