South Africa increasingly resembles a mafia state, where it can cost as little as R2,000 to organise a hit. This week, Rob Rose and Zukile Majova dig into the case of taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni, and the prosecutor who was too scared to show up in court. From cut-price hired hitmen to the brazen killing of AKA on Florida Road, they ask whether the rule of law has simply collapsed in the face of organised crime.
The taxi industry’s grip extends far beyond South Africa. Special guest Patrick Smith, editorial director of Africa Confidential, joins to unpack the matatu strike that brought Kenya’s capital to a standstill, and what it reveals about who really holds power across the continent.
Then: the Iran war’s ripple effects on African fuel prices, shipping backlogs and food security – and why one man is coining it. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has built the world’s largest single-process oil refinery. With oil at $105 a barrel and the Strait of Hormuz closed, his timing looks like genius.
Sharp Sharp is a podcast on South African politics, money and power from Currency and Scrolla.Africa. New episode every week.
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