Violent Crime
[Source: Business Day by Gareth van Onselen.]
This is not a column for the faint-hearted. It attempts, in general terms, to describe “witch-killings”, a brutally violent and primitive issue in SA, that enjoys no real attention, and yet which remains relatively ubiquitous. The details are too horrific properly to inculcate. Read more
[Source: ISS Today by Johan Burger.]
The absence of arrests and charges against high-level politicians, officials and business people for looting hundreds of billions of rand of public funds in South Africa has resulted in much criticism of the police’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks). Read more
[Source: Politicsweb – Groundup.]
Uyinene Mrwetyana’s murder set off a wave of protests across the country. The release of the latest crime statistics confirmed perceptions: South Africa is becoming more violent; the number of murders has increased every year since 2012. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Genevieve Quintal.]
It is clear that all is still not well at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) — despite attempts to clean out the rot by appointing a new national director of public prosecutions, who has promised not to be swayed by politics and to restore the credibility of the organisation. Read more
[Source: Reuters. Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by Giles Elgood.]
Bringing local communities into mainstream conservation was vital to South African efforts aimed at curbing rhino poaching that has steadily declined from a peak of 1,215 animals killed five years ago, the environmental minister said on Sunday. Read more