Description: Why We Kill : Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa, Paperback by Kemp, Karl, ISBN 1776390458, ISBN-13 9781776390458, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Why do so many South Africans prefer taking the law into their own hands to relying on the police? Why are those who do so often cheered or sympathized with? Of the unprecedented 27,000 recorded murders in South Africa in 2022, at least 1,894 – or 7 percent – were attributed to mob justice and vigilantism, more than double the number from five years before. In the first nine months of 2023, a further 1,472 mob justice deaths had already been registered. Mob justice is nothing new, but in recent years it has taken on an undeniably desperate, furious edge. From the breathtakingly violent Zandspruit massacre in May 2021, to the killings during the July unrest two months later, to the march of Operation Dudula across the nation in 2022, vigilantism – and the condoning of it – has never before captured the zeitgeist of South Africa so sharply. What has changed in the past few years, and what does it augur for the future? Following three recent cases of mob justice, from the hellish metropolitan townships of Gauteng to the far-flung bushveld of northern Limpopo, and drawing on extensive research and interviews, Why We Kill explores the roots, realities and consequences of South Africa’s current crisis of vigilantism.
Price: 19.69 USD
Location: Jessup, Maryland
End Time: 2024-08-28T10:52:56.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Topic: Regional Studies, Violence in Society
Publication Year: 2024
Book Title: Why We Kill : Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa
Language: English
Genre: Social Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Karl Kemp
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
