The Hard Livings gang is a large street gang and organized crime group based in Manenberg, Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1971 by Rashied Staggie and his twin brother Rashaad, it started as a criminal street gang involved in drug distribution. The gang evolved into a structured criminal organization involved in drug trafficking, weapon trafficking, prostitution, contract killing, extortion, illegal diamond smuggling, and other activities. It has international connections, including cooperation with the Sicilian mafia.
CRIMENET has extracted 21 linkages for this organization, including 15 cooperative ties across 14 organizations, 5 conflicts across 2 organizations and 1 other connections.