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Recently in the news there was a story about mob violence, a Khayelitsha community had beaten up and burned three criminals to death. I tweeted about this and a response from one of my followers suggested that those who don’t seek justice opt for chaos and anarchy. I felt a strong sense of disagreement because these people seek peace and order in their communities, they work hard just like every South African who wants to have a better quality of life and for someone to just come and take at gun point their sweat and efforts is unacceptable.
Upon raising that view, another follower of mine on tweeter said that in the process of using that medium as a remedy to the problem the non-criminal become criminals, I felt that this was a very powerful statement. People have resorted to taking the law into their own hands because they feel that they have been failed by the justice system in their communities.
I lived in the township for a number of years and these “suspected” (according to the law) criminals cause chaos in the communities. They do all that they do for all to see, they are on some power trip, boasting about their ability to take your life whenever they please without an ounce of remorse to an extent that people live in fear.
Mob violence in these communities is an indication that they have simply realised that they are afraid of the wrong things.
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