ONE SMALL SEED MAGAZINE Issue #29 Digital 04 THE BEST OF | Page 58

P ie ce s
of
J o b u rg
The number

gangs

are a trinit y of South African prison gangs

feared around the world. Their primar y locus is pollsmoor

prison

Ma ximum Securit y

at the foot of Cape Town’s Table Mountain Range,

Photography: KOPE | FIGGINS

but their reign infiltrates across most South African prisons.
Among the number,
strict hierarchy

commands that each gang holds

longstanding roles, from protecting the gang’s code to accumulating wealth
to dealing in violence. The most infamous are the 28s.
They are the bloodline

of the number.

In an exclusive insider ’s account , Paul White tells the stor y of one
such gang member of the Pollsmoor 28s.

His name is Joburg.