Cape Town’s 2017 nightclub scene was a battleground for underworld power struggles. Witness Mr X narrates the story of the ‘takeover’ of nightclub security during trial proceedings against Mark Lifman, Jerome Booysen, Andre Naude, and others. Their shadow operations included the use of burner phones and minimal weapons possession, carefully avoiding law enforcement detection. The ongoing trial serves as a lens into a tumultuous past, encapsulating a period when nightclubs became a battlefield for underworld power struggles.
