# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says extortion has delayed 400-million-rand in public infrastructure projects across the province. A high-level Anti-Extortion Summit was held in Cape Town earlier this week. Winde says extortion syndicates are paralysing infrastructure projects, intimidating communities, and undermining job creation. MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Anroux Marais, says extortion has evolved into a serious economic and security crisis, threatening livelihoods, delaying service delivery, and destabilising entire sectors.
Extortion has evolved into a serious economic and security crisis in the Western Cape