The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town's Deadly Nightclub Battles

CAPE TOWN'S POPULAR high-end night spots attract an array of clientele, from young partygoers to politicians, models to moguls. In parallel with this is a sleazy underworld where control of the lucrative nightclub-security scene is the ultimate prize, for which some are prepared to pay using extortion and murder as the main currencies.

South Africa's private-security sector is massive, an informal police force increasingly relied on as confidence in traditional policing wanes. But it's an i...