Editorial | Where did we go wrong? While we were still trying to make sense of the senseless killing of 21 individuals in several taverns across the country last weekend, we woke up to news that six people had been shot and killed in Alexandra overnight
The individuals perpetrating these crimes are also brazen, seemingly confident that they will get away with their deeds. And, based on the evidence of the past week, they do indeed get away with it.No one has been arrested for any of the killings in Soweto, Katlehong or Pietermaritzburg either.
While police cannot be expected to be on every street corner of the country all the time, there is no doubt that criminals do not fear them either. Criminals are not scared of being arrested and paying the price for their deeds. Police officer numbers have increased over the years, but there are still deep questions about their efficiency and competence.
We need to investigate what makes us such a violent nation. Why are we doing this to each other? How did we lose our humanity and our respect for life? There is a lot to be said about the prevailing trauma of the violence from the fight against apartheid, but that cannot be the answer. There are individuals committing violent crimes who were born in 1994 and afterwards – they know nothing of the violence of apartheid.
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