Newzroom Afrika's Xoli Mngambi is in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, the province with rising levels of extortion and construction mafia cases. The KZN government has declared a war on these crimes with the latest incident being the gunning down of six suspected extortionists in a shootout with police earlier this month. KZN police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda has more.

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