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Dear DM168 reader,

We all know that the working life in Mzansi is a hustle. Job opportunities are scarce, and starting a new business can be like pushing a two-tonne boulder up Table Mountain.

But eish, forcing a hawker to pay you R100 a day to stop you from stealing their goods, or making a gogo pay you R50 protection money to stop you from mugging her is just WRONG.

Extortion nation

In this week’s lead story, two of our most senior reporters, Caryn Dolley and Estelle Ellis, take a close…