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South Africa: 'People Call Us Before They Call the Police' - a Vigilante Group's Quest for Legitimacy
GroundUp, 22 August 2017
On a cold July evening in the township of Galeshewe on the Western flank of Kimberley, members of Operation Wanya Tsotsi gather at dusk on an open patch of ground beside the main… Read more »
Drugs Take Sparkle Out of South African Diamond Town
Kimberley, the town where the country's diamonds were first discovered, finds itself in the grip of a rising tide of drug abuse in towns like Galeshewe, where unemployment, particularly amongst the youth, is rampant. This is also the case in big cities like Cape Town and Durban. Christopher Clark writes for GroundUp.
Photo Essay
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Vigilantism on Rise in South Africa as War on Drugs Intensify, 2017-08-29
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Amid rampant crime and gansterism, a group called Operation Wanya Tsotsi has sprung up to try and make Galeshewe in Kimberley a safer place to live. This is part one of a three-part series on ... see more »
