Fear, protection money, cops and cocaine. These are the secret ingredients in Cape Town’s troubled nightlife.
He told the court that one of the first people he called about the TSG move was bouncer boss and alleged underworld figure Andre Naude. “I called [him] on the night of the takeover. He told me, you’ve got to go with the flow,” said Dijkers.
On November 4 2017, Dijkers paid Lakay R90,000 in cash retrieved from bar tills. That day, he said, he had “negotiated” with Colin Booysen, Modack and Cronje about the monthly fee the club would pay. Cronje wanted R150,000, but Dijkers was concerned about profit margins.Booysen settled the deal with a R90,000 offer, which was accepted by Dijkers, who said he had the blessing of the club’s owners, the Harbour House Group, to negotiate with the men.
Dijkers said police captain Sharon Japhta threatened him with arrest if he did not give a statement in the case against the men. But two days after the accused were arrested, the relationship between Dijkers and Japhta changed dramatically. Lifman picked up Dijkers at the marina next to The Grand, out of sight of the establishment’s cameras, and drove him to his nearby home. Dijkers explained his predicament to the alleged underworld boss. Lifman encouraged him to testify in the extortion case and for another hour they chatted in his lounge.
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