An edited extract from Karl Kemp’s new book Why We Kill: Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa
What’s been happening on the continent this week?
Clashes between farmers and nomadic herders have resulted in violent retribution
Community patrollers in the Philippi East informal settlement in the Western Cape are "tired of begging" for police.
A community in Etwatwa, where people have turned to vigilante justice, has reached a tenuous agreement with police but anguished hearts remain
The Daily Vox asked Jo’burgers what their thoughts are on vigilantism and whether the death penalty should be brought back
One other person was killed as police and the mob clashed after the suspect was dragged out of prison and killed.
Khutsong residents say they had to resort to killing and necklacing six alleged gangsters because police have done nothing to stop crime in the area.
North West police commissioner Lieutenant General Zukiswa Mbombo expressed shock after viewing cellphone video footage of a man being killed by a mob.
Officers are allegedly targeting everyone in their path as gang violence among teenagers rises in Khayelitsha. Victoria John reports.
Anxious residents have prodded Western Cape authorities to find out why crime is flourishing. Glynnis Underhill reports.
Two suspected stock thieves were beaten to death in Ceguwana village, Butterworth police said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 September 2008
What else should the disgruntled do? When they bare their bums, they are criticised for bringing our freedom into disrepute.