/ 15 July 2022

Behind South Africa’s mass killings

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recent shootings were at taverns in Pietermaritzburg, Katlehong and Mamelodi. (Emmanuel Croset/AFP)
Police will struggle to solve murders and massacres, as well as other crimes, because of corruption, shoddy management, low level officers being promoted and internal divisions in the police service

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