twenty-six, noun
- Forms:
- Usually written 26.
- Origin:
- See quotation 1992.
colloquial
A member of a gang originating within the St Albans prison in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), but also operating in other prisons, and beyond the prisons. Also attributive.
1984 E. Prov. Herald 19 June 13The deadly rivalry between the 26s and the 28s, the big and brutal prison gangs with tentacles in jails throughout South Africa, sucked ‘The Hangman’ inexorably into its maelstrom of violence, prison rape, homosexuality and dagga smoking...At the peak of their orgy of butchery..those in the coloured areas were subjected to a savage rule of violence.
1992 J. Nel in E. Prov. Herald 21 Nov. 4The ‘26 gang’ was formed when certain prisoners became unhappy with the ‘28s’ habit of taking ‘wyfies’ (homosexual partners)...All four accused had voluntarily joined the ‘26 gang’.
A member of a gang originating within the St Albans prison in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), but also operating in other prisons, and beyond the prisons. Also attributive.
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