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South Africa: Police Commissioner and MEC Witness Mob Justice Assault in Khayelitsha
GroundUp, 18 July 2022
The state officials were visiting the scene of a deadly shooting when they came across a man being beaten by residents Read more »
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South Africa: Tavern Shootings Reflect Rising Crime Trends
VOA, 12 July 2022
In the aftermath of two weekend tavern shootings in South Africa that left 19 people dead, communities are asking what needs to be done. Read more »
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South Africa: Security Cluster Ministers to Engage Khayelitsha Residents Following Deadly Shootings
SAnews.gov.za, 18 July 2022
Ministers in the Security Cluster will on Monday visit Khayelitsha, in Cape Town, to respond to the community's safety needs. Read more »
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South Africa: Mass Shootings Are Often Over Group Turf - How to Stop the Cycle of Reprisals
The Conversation Africa, 18 July 2022
In just two days in early July, 25 people were shot dead in four separate incidents at taverns across South Africa. In one of these shootings, in Soweto, 16 people lost their… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africans Fear Rising Crime As Food Costs Spike
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 18 July 2022
The inflation diaries: As price rises outstrip salaries, residents worry about sending money to families back home, and avoiding rising violence on the streets Read more »
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South Africa: President Condemns Shooting Incidents
SAnews.gov.za, 11 July 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on law enforcement agencies to take swift action against the perpetrators of the two shooting incidents which left at least 19 people dead over… Read more »
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South Africa: Tavern Shootings, Deaths Are a Microcosm of Everyday Township Life
Daily Maverick, 18 July 2022
Masixole Booi is a political scientist and a lecturer at Rhodes University. He is currently reading for his PhD. Read more »
Deadly Spate of Shootings Highlights Rising Crime In South Africa
Communities in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town have been visited by ministers in the security cluster. This is in response to multiple shootings that claimed the lives of 11 people over the the weekend of July 16 and 17, 2022.
The latest incident comes in the wake of similar killings in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, though authorities deny any link between the incidents, with Police Minister Bheki Cele dismissing the possibility that these could be coordinated attacks by terrorists.
The attacks unleashed a wave of anger at the police for failing to curb high levels of violent crime in the country. According to Voice of America, crime has overall been on the rise in the country. The first quarter of 2022 saw over 6,000 murders - the highest rate for any quarter in the last five years, as per police statistics.
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Police in South Africa are investigating two weekend bar shootings, one in a township close to Johannesburg and another in the country's east. At least 19 people were killed and ... Read more »
