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What You Need to Know: Following the killing of five men by community members who had been mistaken as robbers in Kanana in January, three more men have been burnt alive by residents in the same area.  Residents of Sophiatown informal settlement in Thembisa, South Africa, stoned three men they claim had been terrorizing the community before necklacing them. As previously...

What You Need to Know: On Friday, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Officers rescued a 32 year old man from community members who were attempting to burn him alive.  The community of Putfontein, near Benoni in Gauteng Province, alleged they had captured the man who had broken into a house on Geldenhys Road. Upon the police’s arrival, they found the man...

What You Need to Know: A man was attacked with stones before being burnt to death by Thembisa community members early Saturday morning after the man and his accomplices robbed Easter service churchgoers.  According to local press, multiple men opened fire on church members in Ivory Park, killing a blind pastor and injuring three others before ordering the attendees to give...

What You Need to Know: Early Monday morning, community members from South Africa’s Thembisa township beat to death 24-year old Albert Sithole, and dumped his body in a nearby river after he allegedly entered the wrong yard while intoxicated.  Locals claim Sithole, his alias ‘MaSeven’ ‘terrorized’ the community, committing robberies and rapes, as well as stealing items such as cellphones, which...

What You Need to Know: South Africa’s Electoral Court in Johannesburg has today ruled that it does not have the jurisdiction to de-register the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) claimed MK could not appear on the May 29 ballot due to it submitting a supplemented registration application to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).  The ANC alleged...