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Increasing rates of mass shooting
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leading to mass murder in South Africa,
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recorded another new figure on Sunday,
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early morning in the Beckistl town near
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the southwestern part of Johannesburg in
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the Gaoeng province when about 12 masked
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unknown gunmen invaded a public drinking
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accommodation and relaxation spot known
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as Tavern. shooting into the pub and
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shot people as they sight them on the
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street while fleeing leading to the
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killing of nine persons as confirmed by
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the local authority with additional 10
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persons sustaining injuries. This
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occurred less than 3 weeks when gunman
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stormed an illegal drinking
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establishment, also known as Shabine, at
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a hostel in Ssville, west of Ptoria,
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wherein 12 people were killed, including
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a 3-year-old child, a 12year-old boy,
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and a 16-year-old girl. And in 2024
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murder cases representing more than 70
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people killed per day in South Africa
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was reported by the South African Police
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Service, SAPS, and a non-governmental
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organization, the Democratic Alliance,
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BC, had stated in its report earlier in
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the year that between January and March
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people were murdered, representing an
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average of 62 Two people killed per day
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in 2025 first quarter and 6,985
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attempted murders were recorded. 75 per
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assaults with intent to cause grievous
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bodily harm were reported representing
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people were raped. 116 per day, 4,571
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kidnappings occurred, 49 per day, 11,11
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common robberies and 35,374
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commercial crimes were reported,
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representing 504 per day. And as at the
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time of filing in this report on Monday
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morning, the South Africa president
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Siril Ramosa is yet to issue statement
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or announce policy action over the
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Sunday recent mass murder in the country
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just as residents who spoke with local
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media blamed the attack on illegal
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miners known by the group name Zama
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Zamas and the residents believed the
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police are in cahoots with the different
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gangsters terrorizing communities in
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South Africa. Local residents who spoke
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with local news media said that the mass
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murder in Beckistl occurred around 1:00
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a.m. early morning night on Sunday,
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December 21st with about 12 gunmen in a
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white van and silver sedan opened fire
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at the Quinoxo Tavern in Beckist
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southwest of Johannesburg.
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A resident who spoke with newsroom
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Africa television said, "It is bad, my
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sister. The thing is this has become a
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norm in this township. Young kids,
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tender kids as young as two, three years
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old, when a gunshot sounds, they don't
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flinch. They would ask you, "Which
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direction does it come from?" They're
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used to gunshots. Little kids. Now, you
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can imagine how much about old people.
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What happened yesterday is a reflection
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of, I don't know how to put it, maybe,
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let me put it straight, a reflection of
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neglect by the police. Criminals, they
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do as they please. Here these guns, they
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sound each and every evening. Let me put
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it that way. As soon as it's dusk, we
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know that gunshots are about to sound
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and they will sound severely to a point
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whereby us ourselves would wonder
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someone is shot or maybe someone has
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died. It is rare that you find people
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die like this. But gunshots, they sound
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the following morning. There's no report
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of someone dead. So I don't know if this
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today it's music, it's something that
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they enjoy but it's terrorizing our
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communities. Who is terrorizing your
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community? People that are terrorizing
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our communities mainly is the Zama Zamas
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and Sutu nationals to be precise. Why am
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I saying that? When you talk to some of
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them, they will tell you that this is a
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rivalry thing. It's a gang rivalry
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thing. There are two gangs that are in
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the main that are playing a four role
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here and they're making sure that they
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send a clear message to each other. You
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understand? Because here there's a gang
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of these people that reside here or that
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stays with us here and their arrival is
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on the other side of town. So as they
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come here, they're sending a message to
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these ones but at the expense of our own
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community. So I would like to plea with
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general to please take action with this
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and he must be decisive with it such
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that he starts from within his own house
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there at the police the police station
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of Pakistan if necessary. Let it be that
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they reshuffle everyone if they can
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transfer all of them and bring new
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members here because we are having a
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problem with them being in cahoots with
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criminals. You understand? The community
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will tell you that police are collecting
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brown envelopes from these people and
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nothing is happening. So the crime here
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is dismal. It's bad. And the leadership,
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let me be specific. The counselors and
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the ward committees here must come to
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play. But I think also they themselves,
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they are politicizing these issues. They
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are not they are not they are not up to
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up to scratch with this team. Among the
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20 people shot with nine confirmed dead,
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police says its investigation is ongoing
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from the point of view of the terrorist
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attack. Gouting Deputy Provincial Police
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Commissioner Major General Fred Kana
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said the attackers searched people after
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shooting them, taking their valuables,
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including phones. He said three people
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were killed inside the bar while others
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were shot as they tried to flee with the
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gunman continuing to fire as they left
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the scene. Gouting Deputy Provincial
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Police Commissioner, Major General Fred
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Kekana, also told Newsroom Africa that
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the perpetrators armed with pistols and
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one AK-47 were unprovoked. The poor
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patrons were just enjoying themselves
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when people came and shot, he said. The
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police commissioner said among those
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killed was a driver working for an
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online ride hailing service when about
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12 unidentified suspects arrived at the
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scene in two vehicles, opened fire on
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patrons inside the tavern and fled. At
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least 10 wounded people were taken to
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