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The gangs risking their lives for copper in South Africa

Life and Art from FT Weekend

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How Two Six Got Into Copper Theft

Two six has been smoking heroin, a local form of heroin for whatever a decade now. He dropped out of school at the age of 15 and ended up doing petty crime. But one day he tried to rob a supermarket because he was hungry and he was high and he ended up being sentenced to prison. And in prison he was mixing with people who were far more hard in criminals. So that was kind of how he entered this world of Copper Theft.

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