Cape Town - 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 masterminded 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.
Daily Voice