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Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence
COMMUNITY PATROLLERS

New Eastern Cape massacre sparks urgent calls for action on gun violence

The latest mass shooting, which left six people dead in Qumbu, follows the killing of 18 people in the province last month This content is restricted to registered users and…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
Eight people have been killed in three incidents in the Cape Flats township over the weekend. (David Harrison/M&G)
ARTICLE

Safety MEC blames a lack of police resources for shootings in Khayelitsha

Eight people have been killed in three incidents in the Cape Flats township over the weekend

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read
South African Minister of the Police Bheki Cele. (Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
PHOENIXMASSACRE

Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals

The killings made international headlines and were shocking even in South Africa, a society with one of the highest murder rates in the world

  • Guy Lamb
6 min read
An Orange County Sheriffs Deputy places police tape around the exterior of the church after a person opened fire during a church service attended by a Taiwanese congregation, killing one person and critically injuring four others at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods Sunday, May 15, 2022. Authorities are interviewing more than 30 people who were inside the church at the time. The victims were described as mostly Asian and mostly of Taiwanese descent, authorities said. A law enforcement source said officials believe the suspect was a 68-year-old Asian man who is originally from Las Vegas. The source said after the suspect opened fire he was subdued by parishioners. No other details were available. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
GLOBAL

One dead, four critically injured in California church shooting

This is the second mass shooting that took place in the US over the weekend

  • Afp
2 min read
High-risk areas are concentrated in townships and informal settlements, including Khayelitsha, Crossroads, Philippi and Gugulethu.
KHAYELITSHA

Six die in another Khayelitsha mass shooting

The murders are thought to be linked to extortion networks in the informal settlements and surrounding areas

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read