JP Smith wants extortion rackets to cease

[@YellowRandolf]

What a contrast to the shocking interview with councilor Ian McMahon that Newzroom aired. As the founder of BEERHOUSE who was now forced to close for good, I THANK JP SMITH for his years of trying the right thing. It's a pity that SAPS has not been serious about investigating the Beerhouse murder so far and I do hope to see a difference going forward.

[@apostleblessingsjamboh160]

I watched your Interview....that was good to speak out.

[@NtandokaziDlamini-ey9jj]

You're a hero for speaking out. I hope things get better.

[@REV738]

Im sure its because SAPS get their pockets lined by those thugs.

[@babalomandela]

Be safe king.

[@MrTarrentaal]

Sorry to see you go Randolf! I’ve had many beers at beer house over the years, especially the earlier years of beer house. Always welcome here in SA. It’s such a shame that this country is going to pot under these communist leaders. We will keep fighting here in Africa 👊🏼

[@simonpaulmiddleton]

This is great journalism ... and the kind that makes a difference...

[@truth-Hurts375]

What difference ??? You need a brain !!!! Domkop !!!

[@RevoniaPhemeloTumisi]

Amazing

[@RobertEarlMylroie]

Let's go JP, let's go, all the way!! Thanks for all your hard work!!

[@beewest5704]

This should never have been allowed to fester in the 1st place. God protect this man cause his life is now in danger from those crooks & gangs.

[@petracollins8623]

Got a toe hold while the cops looked the other way. Bheki Cele go straight to jail.

[@runningman2989]

This criminals must be arrested. Mark Liffman, Booysen, Modack mus all go to jail. Rubbish

[@jasonsolomon5995]

Thank you for taking the time to actually have this aired. we as the citizens of CPT value YOU❤

[@RevoniaPhemeloTumisi]

The best 405

[@jennywood7426]

Well done JP Smith! Thank you for your hard work.Gods blessings!

[@theresasmuts9896]

Now , this is our Man ❤🇿🇦

[@cmarais-ks3kd]

For a long time he struggled enormously, because of anc being the obstacle.

[@Thequietdog-m9m]

This is the calibre of leadership that we need!

[@MegaNdela]

Love this! Especially him availing himself via other channels in service of our city. You don't see this often

[@voiceofthepeople-94]

Amazing content by Newzroom Afrika Thanks on behalf of all your viewers and subscribers we are truly grateful its made accessible to the public free of charge, Again Thank You!

[@RevoniaPhemeloTumisi]

Amazing

[@biancawitt6692]

I love JP greetings from Germany ❤

[@jonibegood7870]

So refreshing to listen to these direct answers to questions: No eeeeeh uhm, uh huh erm, that's a good question, eeeeeer, you know, as from the people on the ground..., we are having challenges... thank you

[@XolisaniRamncwana]

It’s great to hear the issues being addressed. Now we just need to wait and see then follow through

[@geraldinemichael2084]

😂😂😂😂😂eeeeerrrr

[@AlbertCloete]

He's absolutely right that this racketeering industry will chase away customers. I won't support any of those places while criminal gangs are running rackets there.

[@geraldinemichael2084]

We love you JP, please be safe you and your team❤

[@sharleacoetzee9615]

Great interview.

[@lordwickphophi6998]

Look how clean the inner city of Cape Town is. Something you'll never see in Johannesburg or Durban. ANC has destroyed this country to almost beyond repair.

[@sandilemfeka4658]

😂😂😂There is no Extortion in Jhb and Durban.

[@richardswanepoel3466]

But there is.

[@lordwickphophi6998]

@@sandilemfeka4658 you must be joking. Durban and the entire KZN is the epic centre of extortion and every type of crime.

[@vuyo6620]

@@sandilemfeka4658because the CBDs are dirty and businesses are run by foreigners.

[@maryntuli5889]

LIAR!

[@duncannapier318]

Thank God Bheki Cele (who was nothing but a roadblock and a pothole) is gone. FYI don't play with Cape Town Law Enforcement as they are young, fit, serious and good at what they do. If you pulled over and say the word bribe you'll be arrested before you get to the second B. I've cursed them, but they've definitely earned my respect. 👍🇿🇦

[@NormEngel-ge2it]

They cant operate. Cape Town is a great city, but we really need to get a hand on this extortion thing.

[@freespeachforall00011]

Send the SANDF

[@iviwemhluzi5615]

Someone that’s actually addressing the problem

[@jasontrout2432]

South Africa, let us give this man the ingredients to cook🙌... Let him cook🧑‍🍳

[@glodeine]

It's nice to know the city is toughening their stance on crime. With proactive figures like JP Smith at the helm, I believe we are in good hands. Criminality must be dealt with as soon as possible, before it's too late.

[@NormEngel-ge2it]

JP Smith, get these big guys, and stop imprisoning drug users. Stop putting people in prison, who are victims of the much bigger problem. JP Smith, we are watching.

[@thaabieddante5182]

Very good perspective 👌

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

Broken Windows doctrine: You can't fight big crime without fighting small crimes.

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

I would rather people be in prison than have to walk over and dodge the drug-addled junkies and their used syringes when visiting the city.

[@paullombard00]

RULE OF LAW! WE as SAns need to repeat this until we have a country where EVERYONE follows the rules. Otherwise our country will fall apart.

[@tokhealth]

He didn’t mince his words when he said the previous minister was colluding 😮

[@voiceofthepeople-94]

Just like kidnapping in our country it started out small and no one took it seriously, if this is not resolved it's almost a guarantee that extortion will spread all over the country to even the biggest corporations and companies in especially the likes of Jhb etc..

[@tigerpillay]

This guy knows his oats. This rot started with Cele and his pals

[@truth-Hurts375]

Kak praat nie ! This Domkop must go and do what he does best..... Impounding Taxis whit broken tail lights !!!

[@ChangeOfHearts39]

​Jy praat nou poes teen minste doen hy vokken iets wat doen jy?@@truth-Hurts375

[@markanmclean6385]

@@truth-Hurts375 the criminals really hate JP don't they

[@alwaysquestionyouropinions1119]

​@@truth-Hurts375why you cry ? Are you a criminal?

[@markriordan9010]

​@@truth-Hurts375You are a real pain in the ass with your constant "domkop" references. Did you actually even attend Grade 1 ? Such childish remarks, one wonders what you contribute to society.

[@donjohn2065]

Less talk more action!

[@Alpha-pq4cv]

Finally, articulation.

[@theresasmuts9896]

In our local informal settlement, the Somalian cafes pay the bribe/extortion AND the shebeens, who are allised to trade legally - beer, have ALL been approached by extortionists- R5000 up front and R2000 monthly. Heartbreaking that an old lady ,who sold sweets, was approached(invaded) and they realized she couldn't agree to pay, they removed ALL her furniture😮

[@YellowRandolf]

That's sad to hear and I regularly try to emphasize in interviews these days that Beerhouse getting so much attention for it's closure is representing so many other businesses in the townships, construction and transport that close with much less noise...

[@mitchellyuen7961]

This must be dealt with the highest level of priority and focus, this extortion business has been going on for very long now

[@fancyIOP]

Please please please fix this, I want to open a small farming business but when I think of paying people who didn't contribute because they threaten me with a gun💔🥺😭... I would rather not open it at all and eat my money as it is. But this is killing SA, it discourages people from opening a business and I am not alone on this one. Without new businesses coming up or old businesses growing we are not going to solve the unemployment issue the country faces. These people must get 35yrs each in prison for blocking the growth of the country and when they get out they can see how much we have progressed without their interference. It should be treated like treason what they do to us, I don't know why they have more rights than us.

[@MatthewReid-ww6qt]

This has been coming on for years now. Im surprised not more people have seen all the people thst have closen up shop because of these extortionists. People just trying to put food on the table for their families. Hard working South African individuals that only have their businesses.

[@matthewnaidoo962]

Be safe jp Smith and well done

[@brianpetersen-f5v]

the city has failed us

[@jenine3124]

Clear out the mafia!

[@markbarnes6091]

I stay away from Long street.

[@stannisbarracuda5693]

To rid this problem you need a Bukele approcah and american Rico charges approach , these criminals have too much rights and they know that , i think south african law protects criminals more than the average civilian

[@TBK-Worldview]

Disinfranchised communities tend to lean towards the underworld for support.. let's learn and do better ZA...

[@veronicakarstel9126]

JP takes no warriors

[@BoscoNiyungeko]

U must come to Joe Slovo park in Milnerton Capetown . We are suffering

[@Angel-zn4qj]

Why are you suffering?

[@dudleygraham1949]

JP well done, please ensure the no go Brown's Farm Philippi are ALL caught!!!

[@maryntuli5889]

THE QUESTION IS WHO IS CAUSING THESE WAVES OF SYNDICATES, AND THEY ARE MORE RAMPANT NOW! AND WHO IS MAKING IT LOOK LIKE *WHO* IS DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM! THEY LOOK ALIKE!

[@sandilemfeka4658]

The best run city 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@paullombard00]

It is.

[@markanmclean6385]

@@paullombard00 no apparently Durban, Tshwane, Jhb and Gqeberha are all better run than CPT 🤣🤣🤣

[@uyandaqebetu6383]

You are right with your sacarsm these guys are only focusing on the suburbs , this has been going on for years in townships only now they come out because it will paint a bad picture on their beloved cape town, the extortionist must go for more in towns I'm sick of these biased politicians!

[@masibam7752]

​@@uyandaqebetu6383Only when it's affecting white businessmen we see such thorough coverage

[@mixi2090]

Criminals don't play by the rules. Time we should abandon the rules as well.

[@nhlakaniphoncube9555]

It took a foreigner to get extorted for this news channels to pay mind 😂 people get extorted everyday in the township

[@RevoniaPhemeloTumisi]

And guess what this channel is only channel focusing on extortion today

[@karuri-xz1um]

This is sad i no longer think of expanding. Am in process of downgrading my business meaning the first one to go will be workers.

[@damianvandermerwe7595]

It's not my favorite guy, but he has some big balls, damm

[@thabomkhize422]

This is not.the time for us to be divided by political flags and so on. If a person speaks and acts sensibly in his/her position of power may it long continue

[@lungelofoxxy8038]

They must pay NIU from KZN to work allover

[@annetteelliott1494]

SA is beyond saving as long as cANCer is in power...lm sorry but i dont see a bright light at the end of the tunnel.....😢

[@bigl3885]

Such a Beautiful woman.❤

[@ashwinlangenhoven7105]

This has been going on for so many years, look at dollars and white pipes

[@zizibaby100]

Good work JP but pull up your socks in our townships

[@hands_dj]

THEY KNOW WHATS GOING ON AND THEY DONT HAVE A SOLUTION

[@AutieTortie]

SAPS, yes. Because SAPS was made corrupt, incompetent and useless under gangster Cele.

[@Moyopheus]

JP is not a bulldog. You need a bulldog of an MMC perhaps even a former gangster to head up this portfolio to stop this extortion nonsense

[@cliffordgrobler]

Gayton

[@AutieTortie]

No. Having gangsters like Cele in that position is what CAUSED the problem in the first place. Gangsters just know how to kill and destroy.

[@FHARTZENGIGGLES]

Well we've had 30 years of impotent black men doing nothing.

[@SharonKeune-zo1zi]

JP is a Rottweiler. Him and Ian Cameron have worked tirelessly to try and bring law and order.

[@FHARTZENGIGGLES]

@@SharonKeune-zo1zi Its ok, we've had to deal with corrupt and impotent black men running this shitshow of a country. We need white man to do their thing now

[@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c]

Lol. So you finally found someone with balls 😅

[@truth-Hurts375]

Really ??? You must be some sort of a domkop if you think this is just going stop !!! There is something about this Mafia Style easy money that this Domkop doesn't understand !!!! It will never stop !!!!

[@psylentrage]

@@truth-Hurts375 At least he IS out there trying. Not calling people online "DOMKOP". What are YOU doing? Oh, yes, nothing to add anything positive, YOU and YOUR kind that sows division IS part of the problem.

[@colbybarnard2675]

gnu seems to be making a change

[@dineshanpillay5944]

Anc buddies part of these crimes

[@fab2an]

Look at Toprime Properties - Royal Palms in Paarl too. Folks hard earned monies paid into attorneys trust account, no building happened and no refund made.

[@TBK-Worldview]

Government has to decide to either do right by it's citizens or see disinvestments

[@masibam7752]

We all know what should be done...but no one wants to say it publicly 😂😂

[@mbulelontame5049]

Rather sell your soul than close down like beer house or god forbid lay in a grave. Not everyone will be lucky like the beer house owner and seek refuge in another country!JP needs to curb these protection rackets but other than that for now to preserve life it’s better to pay!

[@Mothercityguy]

2.40 so true western cape cops didnt have same rights as the rest of the nation so sad

[@garimakaya3403]

Nayib Bukele did it number 1 mrder capital in the world is now in the top ten safest in the world,I believe SA can do it too

[@marcleroux3426]

modack in jail and lifman has a string of charges pending against him so i'd like to know who is currently threatening him

[@abdush-shakoorabrahams4829]

People don't talk they keep quite

[@karuri-xz1um]

Problem is u talk they take u out.

[@hellwalker6683]

All spaza shops must pay. It's exempted because the thugs use xenophobia to justify. My staff 90% Xhosa woman live in terror walking to the taxi in the morning. Same thugs... whats the reason for this.

[@kaydeeduminy4804]

This in longstreet?

[@mentalhealth9637]

Mordack is still in prison but I'm sure his nr2 is making bank.

[@PhillipBarnes-k5w]

❤

[@firstcomment749]

Is this due to better policing, that always was manipulated by gov?

[@vladimir4680]

“The western cape works” Unless it’s something difficult to deal with and sort out . Lekker JP - keep up your great work 😂 I always love to ask you this one - why not pull some ghost squad tactics in them ? Some undercover shenanigans ? Are you and your boys a little bit scared ? 😋

[@shaneschuller2513]

Lets see if anything changes in a year from now. Often just talk

[@MeettheWHo]

Whos extorting these businesses? Cape town inform us rural citizens

[@timo57890]

Just look how many people have gona missing the past two weeks. I dont believe that kidnappings has gone down

[@mzwamadodafongqo3814]

This is a typical reason why you are not to enjoy/ignore violence when done to another, lest it develops and in rigidness it starts to see you as a better target if not a threat. (i.e. Give no room to any form of evil if finding peace is your objective or live in delusion. An enemy of your enemy is not your friend but future adversary gaining experience.) [ Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ] James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. Proverbs 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. John 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. Colossians 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Psalms 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Revelation 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. Psalms 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. The only bible I read 1611 King James Bible

[@masblunika]

DA is useless

[@mbuyiselo1]

I don't like you JP but please sort extortion in western cape. everywhere in western cape there is extortion. also our intelligence is failing us. these people do these extortion in day light.

[@corneliacoetz243]

Not good manners to tell one you dont know!

[@atoms-to-atoms]

he probably doesnt like you either..u are so funny🤣🤣

[@markanmclean6385]

None of the criminals in Cape Town likes JP

[@KillmongerWasRight45]

Wait your asking them to stop 😦

[@apostleblessingsjamboh160]

Look ...here in Cape town...even those selling vegetables here in locations...they are paying the so called "Protection Fees" .... Its bad ....Spaza Shops ....they are paying twice...

[@tshepomotshepana7635]

Mara ko kasi batu ba phela ka extortion jp o buwa marete as usual

[@bigl3885]

Not even 3 seconds in and he starts the blame game and excuses

[@zizibaby100]

Mxm you only act and want to appear in Long Street and enjoy the ambience. have u considered going to Gugulethu, Delft, Khayelitsha, browns Farm and other areas that experience the most violent kinda extortion. Where you are killed instantly for not paying your R300 to R20 000. Tsek

[@zizibaby100]

Its been happening for years

[@khayalethu5734]

BLAME SHIFTING AND VERY SCARED GUY

[@raniaal-ashqar7276]

Schon wieder

[@MalcolmFortuin]

Nothing is going to change😂 This guy is a joke🎉

[@caroleknight4686]

Explain who is responsible for this in terms of provincial vs national government. You are clearly claiming to be an expert

[@user-ez9en7vk2z]

Like your mother.

[@ktcluilu]

​@@caroleknight4686he's another keyboard warrior

[@FHARTZENGIGGLES]

LOL we've had 30 years of racist black impotent oppressors ruin the country.

[@markanmclean6385]

Ofcause you won't want anything to change. Criminals thrived under Cele

[@jaredsacks]

JP Smith should cease because he is an extortion racket

[@ktcluilu]

And your are what?

[@kgotsofalangklaas560]

ask nayib bukele for a solution

[@gerhardvanniekerk4744]

We need a strongman like Bukele to act on corruption and organised crime.

[@virgildicielo6614]

"His doorman" what disgusting language. I cant blame the German from from doing what he was taught but im dissapointed in you my sister fir parroti g such filth.