A notorious Cape Town gang
hitman has confessed to the Daily Voice how he brutally executed rival gang
members in a bloody reign of terror.
Clive “Privaat” Allie, 22,
was once the most feared gangster in Mitchells Plain.Before he traded his guns
for a Bible this year, he claims he asterminded a dozen attempted murders and
snuffed out the lives of at least three men.
His bloody killing spree
allegedly started in Tafelsig when he was just 16.Privaat, as he is known,
would allegedly don disguises such as Muslim robes and clown suits to get as
close as he could to his targets before pulling the trigger.
The alleged former assassin,
who would not reveal the name of his gang for fear of stoking rivalries, was
caught on a number of occasions, and has been in and out of jail since 2010.
“Today people are so
surprised to see that I’m still alive,” he says, after he survived so many
years living by the gun.“I didn’t do it for the
money, I did it for fame and to be recognised and feared by people.”
He was so notorious that he
could rob drug merchants without pulling a gun - his fearsome reputation alone
was enough to make them hand over their cash.
It all began with him being
an “outsider’ and unpopular as a child.
Feeling like an outcast at
home and school, Clive constantly sought acceptance from others and befriended
a group of gangsters in 2009.These “friends” introduced
him to a world of drugs and crime.
He says it was his “nerdy
ways” and baby face that first gave his gangster friends the idea to use him as
their hitman because no one would suspect him.
“My friends needed me to do
things for them that they couldn’t do because they were known gangsters,” he
explains.
“At first I would go do the
shootings without much disguise, but when people started recognising me, I
needed a different plan to pull off my hitman duties.
“I started to dress up for
the jobs, I wore Muslim female clothes and scarfs, with a Niqab covering my
face.“I would wear a dress to look like a female, I even wore a clown suit
once, anything that hid my identity.”
He soon gained a reputation
as a cold-blooded killer, and the name Privaat struck fear into the hearts of
many people.“I got the name because when people asked me about my work, all I’d
says is “dis privaat”, (it’s private) and the name stuck.”
But his thug life came at a
price - when his enemies couldn’t find him, they’d shoot his friends.
“[My enemies] never found me
because I was always on the run and living in the bush sometimes.“When they
couldn’t find me, they would kill one of my friends.
“So far 20 of my friends have
already been killed because of me.”This secret, murderous lifestyle soon began
to weigh heavy on his conscience.“I couldn’t stand the images in my head of the
people I shot, and then I started going deeper into drugs to escape the
thoughts,” he says.
“I couldn’t even sleep
without getting flashbacks, but that didn’t stop me from doing it again,” he
says.“I was shot so many times, I can’t even keep count, but I didn’t die
because it wasn’t my time.”
Clive explains that during a
stint behind bars early this year, he made a life-changing pact with God.
“While on trial and awaiting
my sentence, I made a covenant with God. I said ‘God if you really are alive, please
set me free and I will commit my life to doing your will’.”
“And the day I appeared in
court, the magistrate said I had a difference in me that day, he told me I
could walk free because there were no witnesses in my case, that’s when I saw
the hand of God, and I knew it was God who set me free.”
Clive has kept his side of
the deal and when he was released in January this year, asked forgiveness from
his victims and their families.
“I can now walk freely and
without fear because I am forgiven and I walk with God,” he adds.
By Venecia Valentine
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