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What is Fuelling Vigilante Killings in South Africa?

While a series of brutal vigilante murders have been reported, police are mum about the official number of people who have been necklaced or otherwise burnt to death, reports Francis Hweshe for West Cape News.
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Protesting social injustice: Necklacing first came about in townships under apartheid as a way of torturously killing people suspected of colluding with the state security forces.

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