Nafiz Modack trial: Unnamed witness blows lid off Cape Town's underworld wars

CAPE TOWN - A State witness has blown the lid on Cape Town's nightclub security war between alleged underworld kingpins Jerome “Donkie” Booysen and his rival, Nafiz Modack. 

Booysen and Modack are both on trial in separate cases in the Western Cape High Court, where they face a slew of charges related to running criminal enterprises.

The State witness, who cannot be named, has testified he was a security guard for one of Booysen's henchmen.

The witness says he attended various meetings with Booysen and other high-ranking gangsters who plotted against Modack after he took control of Cape Town's nightclubs in 2017. 

He told the court he was present in April that year, when Booysen used about 100 gangsters to threaten the owners of various nightclubs in an attempt to oust Modack.

The trial continues.