Mob justice
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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Safety MEC Mazibuko: Zandspruit killings were acts of vigilantism
Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko, visited Zandspruit on 20 May 2021 after nine young men were set on fire, resulting in the deaths of six of them. During her visit, Mazibuko said that the incident was an act of vigilantism in the community. #Zandspruit #FaithMazibuko #ZandspruitDeaths
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Zandspruit community blames police for mob justice deaths
Community members in the northern Johannesburg township said that police dragged their feet on stopping crime, especially when drug-dealing, robbery, theft and rape were reported to them.
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Zandspruit residents urged to report crimes to SAPS, not turn to vigilantism
Four people were killed in an act of mob violence after nine people were taken to a sports field early on Wednesday.
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Zandspruit mob justice: What led to 4 deaths and multiple injuries?
Community members in Zandspruit, north of Johannesburg, allegedly meted out mob justice to a group of boys suspected of committing crimes in the informal settlement. Residents said that crime levels in the area were very high, yet they had little to no assistance from the police. Gauteng police confirmed that four of the people captured by residents died at the scene, while five were taken to hospital.
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Police maintain strong presence in Zandspruit after mob justice incident
Police have been patrolling the streets of Zandspruit, with several SAPS vehicles stationed at strategic corners following Wednesday morning‘s incident that left four youngsters dead.
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Zandspruit mob justice: Residents say they're tired of being terrorised
Gauteng police confirmed that four people were killed in an apparent mob justice crime in the area on Wednesday morning.
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EC police yet to make arrests after apparent mob justice incident claims 7 lives
On Wednesday night, police were alerted to a crime scene at the Zingqolweni locality where they found the bodies of four men who'd been set alight. As they were busy processing the scene, they were informed about the bodies of two more young men found hanging in a nearby forest.
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Six people killed, one injured in apparent mob justice incident in Lady Frere
The vigilante killings occurred on Wednesday night.
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EC police condemn mob justice killing of alleged child killer in Mdantsane
Angry community members chased the man they accused of raping and killing the girl. They then beat him to death.
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Mdantsane residents murder man they believe raped, murdered girl (6)
The child was raped and killed, last Tuesday
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KZN community threatens mob justice over serial killer fears
Three women have been found dead after disappearing in a local sugar cane farm over the past three months.
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Police probing circumstances around mob justice killings of 2 Pennyville men
Clashes later broke out between Pennyville and Noordgesig residents on Wednesday night, forcing authorities to close roads between the communities.
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Gauteng police appeal to Alex residents for help in mob justice case
A man alleged to have been a rapist and a robber was burnt to death by angry residents on Monday night in Alexandra.
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Alex residents say mob justice victim confessed to terrorising community
The man was set alight on the corner of 3rd Avenue and London Road after suspicions that he had been robbing and raping women.
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Limpopo police arrest teen in mob killing of 3 men
The teen was the twelfth person to be arrested in the wake of the crime on Sunday in Ga-Wally village outside Tzaneen.
