South Africans are being terrorised: Analyst
Twenty-eight lives were lost in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the past weekend.
South Africans are living in fear as mass shootings continue to claim lives across the country, according to senior research fellow Thembisa Fakude. Over the weekend, 28 people lost their lives in shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape. In Carletonville, 18 were killed in a tavern incident, while another 10 died in Lwandle, also in the Western Cape.
Fakude argues that this is not just a crime issue but a terrorist act. "I don’t think it’s just crime. I mean, terrorism is a crime, but if you look at the sequence of events, the size of those that are killed at the same time, we realize that there’s a pattern here and there are similarities to what will be regarded in any other country as terrorism," she says. She believes the shootings are intended to destabilize the nation, not simply for personal gain.
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