AMABHUNGANE: Cops traded with ‘gangster’ company
Police did business with alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield’s associated fuel company at the height of an organised crime investigation into his suspected criminal enterprise.
Police in Cape Town contracted their generators with diesel from the fuel business of Ralph Stanfield, a suspected gang boss, while investigating him for organized crime. This contravened National Treasury regulations and the police paid five times more than the average retail price for the diesel. The procurement happened between October 2022 and March 2023, with Lentegeur and Nyanga police stations and the Bishop Lavis police training academy involved.
Sharifa Stanfield, Ralph's aunt, was a member of the company since 1997 and Ralph Stanfield became a member in 2004. Despite being aware of the investigation, police officers involved in the procurement should have raised red flags. The Stanfield-Johnson shadow business enterprise also includes fuel businesses, such as a service station and a diesel distribution company.
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