Rashied Staggie

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Rashied Staggie (1961 - 13 December 2019[1]) was a South African gangster and leader of the Hard Livings gang.[2] He was shot and killed in Salt River on 13 December 2019,[3] in Cape Town, South Africa. His twin brother, Rashaad Staggie, the initial leader of the Hard Livings gang, was killed after being shot and burned alive in Salt River in 1996 by members of the vigilante group PAGAD.[4] The Staggie brothers were killed in the same street, London Road.[3]

In 2003, Rashied Staggie was sentenced to jail after he was convicted for ordering the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl who had turned state witness against him.[5] Staggie was sentenced to 15 years for kidnapping and rape.[5] In 2004, he was convicted of burglary from the Faure police armoury and sentenced to 13 years in prison. The two sentences were served concurrently.[5] In May 2013 the Western Cape department of correctional services announced that Staggie would be released on parole for good behaviour in late September 2013.[6]

Staggie has been called "one of the last of the Cape Flats' OG's (old gangsters)" and through his tenure, the Hard Livings gang had grown internationally, even being interviewed by the BBC.[7] The Staggie brothers were the main subjects in a BBC documentary called Beloved Country - Cape of Fear. It is through this documentary that the brothers got international attention. [citation needed]

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  2. ^ "Cape gang leader in court for murder". Mail&Guardian Online. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
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  4. ^ Ellis, Estelle (14 November 2000). "Drug dealer shot and set on fire by vigilantes". Independent Newspapers (South Africa). Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Payne, Suné (13 December 2019). "Newsflash: Cape Town gang leader shot dead – Rashied Staggie's violent end". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Staggie granted day parole". South African Press Association. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  7. ^ Kemp, Yunus (13 December 2019). "ANALYSIS | Rashied Staggie: Last of the Cape Flats' OGs". News24. Retrieved 13 December 2019.