Mass shootings: ‘It is time for SA to stand up and say enough’
Police at the scene of the shooting at the Emazulwini tavern in Soweto that saw at least 15 people killed. Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen
“It is not just the Soweto shooting, it’s all the shootings across the country. We have to stop and ask what is going on,” he said. President Cyril Ramaphosa said yesterday security agencies and community members must work together to “urgently bring the perpetrators of the two attacks to book”. “Every single violent death is unacceptable and worrying, and killings on the scale we have seen in Soweto, Pietermaritzburg and previously Khayelitsha must spur us into a collective effort to build communities and make South Africa an unsafe place for criminals,” said Ramaphosa.Barkhuizen said South Africa’s crime prevention strategy was outdated. He asked if we were getting a return on investment as taxpayers if 60% of the police budget was spent on salaries.
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