In South Africa's slums, mob justice rules

Reuters ^ | Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:15pm EDT | Wendell Roelf

[Olog-hai]

Beaten and set alight, Ncedile Gigi's unrecognizable remains have not been buried since March, when a mob fed up with poor policing took the law into their own hands, torching the 26-year-old in a crime-ridden South African township. …

For South Africans, the violence also evokes the dark days of apartheid when suspected collaborators of the white-minority regime were executed by "necklace"—a car tire wedged over the torso, followed by a can of gasoline, and then a match. …

Mob justice has been an ugly part of township life for years, but the escalating violence in Khayelitsha—Cape Town's largest black township of 750,000 people—has attracted the attention of prosecutors and the new national police commissioner, Riah Phiyega, who took office a month ago. …

[DoughtyOne]

Yes it has. And add that to the $700 billion we pay out in Welfare, it adds up to a massive payout doesn’t it.

[DoughtyOne]

Yes we can SatinDoll. Take care.

[GOPJ]

When the country's healthy, our little tribes are too. - for the most part. If things start falling apart - like they are now - the worst parts of tribalism will reemerge.

The 'other' goes from annoying to scary...

[MinorityRepublican]

What year did you visit Cape Town?