Mob justice
Ramaphosa says mob justice is not the solution to crime
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...
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.
Thirty-two-year-old Abongile Mafalala died when a group of Parkwood residents turned on him at the end of last month.
Thirty-one-year-old Mafalala died after he was attacked by a group of Parkwood residents at the end of last month.
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.
This comes after the apparent mob killing of 31-year-old Abongile Mafalala who was attacked by some Parkwood residents last week.
Abongile Mafalala (31) died after he was attacked by some Parkwood residents last week.
The 31-year-old man died after the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack and was set alight in Parkwood last week.
Abongile Mafalala was attacked and the car he was travelling in, was set alight.
It comes in the wake of an apparent mob justice killing in Grassy Park this week.
Western Cape Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen was reacting to the mob justice attack that played out in Grassy Park earlier this week.
A vehicle with three men inside was torched on Tuesday and one of them died.
It follows suspected vigilante attacks in Gqeberha over the weekend.
Police found the victim, burnt beyond recognition, lying near railway tracks on Sunday.
A man was killed in Site B, Khayelitsha, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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.
Divers were sent to the area on Saturday after relatives of two of the victims reported them missing.
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.
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.