JOHANNESBURG - Authorities have declared war against the construction mafia, but now, the so-called 'water tanker mafias' has also entered the fray.
A collective term of the 'protection mafia' has since been coined.
Businesses operating across the big cities now have to pay a premium to these gangsters to keep their doors open.
It's understood the secret criminal organisations are often linked to local business forums.
For an expert's take on this, we are joined by Professor Dumisani Mabunda from the Police Practice Department at Unisa.