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File. President Cyril Ramaphosa said he understands the public outrage that came after the gang rape of eight women in Krugersdorp late last month. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

Mob justice

Ramaphosa says mob justice is not the solution to crime

By Nkosikhona Duma

Ramaphosa was addressing the closing ceremony of the Presidential Social Sector Summit. His statement follows the killing of an alleged miner in Kagiso, on the...

  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    Gqeberha cops search for mob who turned on two residents

    Officers say the group of men damaged the complainant's car, while supporting his friend at an accident scene in Circular Drive in Walmer this weekend.

    48 days ago
  • A group of Dunoon residents, the community where slain Abongile Mafalala lived, demonstrated outside the Wynberg Magistrates Court on 6 June 2022 where five people accused of his murder made a first appearance. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News

    Abongile Mafalala murder case expected to resume in court

    Thirty-two-year-old Abongile Mafalala died when a group of Parkwood residents turned on him at the end of last month.

    53 days ago
  • A group of Dunoon residents, the community where slain Abongile Mafalala lived, demonstrated outside the Wynberg Magistrates Court on 6 June 2022 where five people accused of his murder made a first appearance. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News

    Abongile Mafalala's family left traumatised as court hears details of his murder

    Thirty-one-year-old Mafalala died after he was attacked by a group of Parkwood residents at the end of last month.

    62 days ago
  • Dunoon residents demonstrated outside the Wynberg Magistrates Court on 6 June 2022 where men accused of killing e-hailing driver Abongile Mafalala appeared. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN.

    More suspects expected in dock as Mafalala murder accused make second appearance

    It’s expected that more people will appear in the dock, alongside the five accused who’ve already made a first appearance in the Wynberg Magistrates Court last Monday.

    63 days ago
  • A screengrab from a video posted on social media, showing the mob justice attack on an e-hailing driver in Parkwood on 31 May 2022.

    CT e-hailing drivers fear for lives after Abongile Mafalala's murder in Parkwood

    This comes after the apparent mob killing of 31-year-old Abongile Mafalala who was attacked by some Parkwood residents last week.

    67 days ago
  • A group of Dunoon residents, the community where slain Abongile Mafalala lived, demonstrated outside the Wynberg Magistrates Court on 6 June 2022 where five people accused of his murder made a first appearance. Picture: Kevin Brandt/Eyewitness News

    More arrests expected in connection with e-hailing driver's murder - CT police

    Abongile Mafalala (31) died after he was attacked by some Parkwood residents last week.

    69 days ago
  • A screengrab from a video posted on social media, showing the mob justice attack on an e-hailing driver in Parkwood on 31 May 2022.

    Parkwood community holds vigil for murdered e-hailing driver Abongile Mafalala

    The 31-year-old man died after the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack and was set alight in Parkwood last week.

    70 days ago
  • A screengrab from a video posted on social media, showing the mob justice attack on an e-hailing driver in Parkwood on 31 May 2022.

    Family of e-hailing driver killed in Parkwood demands justice for his murder

    Abongile Mafalala was attacked and the car he was travelling in, was set alight.

    70 days ago
  • A screengrab from a video posted on social media, showing the mob justice attack on an e-hailing driver in Parkwood on 31 May 2022.

    WC police warn against posting of unverified info on kidnappings on social media

    It comes in the wake of an apparent mob justice killing in Grassy Park this week.

    73 days ago
  • Western Cape Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter

    WC Safety MEC Allen urges communities not to take law into their own hands

    Western Cape Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen was reacting to the mob justice attack that played out in Grassy Park earlier this week.

    74 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    No arrests made yet following deadly mob justice attack in Grassy Park

    A vehicle with three men inside was torched on Tuesday and one of them died.

    75 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Police warn communities against mob justice

    It follows suspected vigilante attacks in Gqeberha over the weekend.

    97 days ago
  • FILE: A man's body was found dumped in Samora Machel. Picture: Thomas Holder/Eyewitness News.

    Man found dead in suspected mob justice case in Samora Machel

    Police found the victim, burnt beyond recognition, lying near railway tracks on Sunday.

    133 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    Police investigating alleged mob justice killing in Khayelitsha

    A man was killed in Site B, Khayelitsha, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

    249 days ago
  • The Mfuleni local ward councillor points to the spot where the victims of alleged mob justice were thrown in. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/Eyewitness News

    Search continues for 4 victims of alleged Mfuleni mob justice attack

    It's understood that the young men, aged between 15 and 23, were killed on Saturday and their bodies were thrown into a river running through an informal settlement named COVID-19.

    342 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    Search continues for youths thrown into river in alleged mob justice incident

    Divers were sent to the area on Saturday after relatives of two of the victims reported them missing.

    343 days ago
  • FILE: Residents of Atlantis, in Cape Town, said they had no faith in the police in the area, accusing officers of brutality and not serving the community. Picture: Graig-Lee Smith/Eyewitness News.

    OPINION: Mob justice is an expression of a failed justice system in South Africa

    Local governance and the justice system need to strengthen so that community members don't turn into criminals, write Sazelo Mkhize, Khanyisile Majola and Samuel Fikiri Cinini.

    434 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    3 more suspects arrested for deadly Zandspruit mob attack

    It's understood that officers arrested the group on Thursday night in the Johannesburg township, bringing the total number of those implicated in leading the deadly vigilante attack to six.

    451 days ago
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