Criminality

We need to rebuild the idea of the public

South Africa is in crisis and the intra-elite battles about how to move forward do not offer any viable path towards a just way resolution

Richard Pithouse

7 min read

The defence force won’t be much use in preventing crime at the utility. (Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24 / Deaan Vivier)

CRIMINALITY

8 MAY 2023

SANDF deployment to Eskom is pointless, say experts

The defence force won’t be much use in preventing crime at the utility, they say

Mandisa Makgakga

4 min read

Rioters loot the Jabulani Mall in the Soweto district of Johannesburg on July 12, 2021. – South Africa said it was deploying troops to two provinces, including Johannesburg, after unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma led to six deaths and widespread looting. Overwhelmed police are facing mobs who have ransacked stores. Six people have died, some with gunshot wounds, and 219 people have been arrested, according to a police tally issued before the army deployed. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)

ZUMAUNREST

13 JUL 2021

Soweto businesses vandalised, robbed as looting and violence spreads

The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members

Chris Gilili

4 min read

People carry goods as they loot and vandalise the Lotsoho Mall in Katlehong township, east of Johannesburg, on July 12, 2021. – Several shops are damaged and cars burnt in Johannesburg, following a night of violence. Police are on the scene trying to control further protests. It is unclear if this is linked to sporadic protests following the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)

ZUMAUNREST

12 JUL 2021

Looting, burning spreads from KZN into Johannesburg as pro-Zuma protests turn violent

The violence comes in the wake of protests last Friday when Zuma’s supporters went on the streets in KZN

Chris Gilili

2 min read