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Nov
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
ON 21 March 1960 at 1.40 in the afternoon, apartheid South Africa’s police opened fire on a peaceful crowd of about 4,000 residents of Sharpeville, who were protesting against carrying identity documents that restricted black people’s movement. The police minimised the number of victims by at least one-third and justified the shooting by claiming that the crowd was violent. This shocking story has been thus misrepresented for over 60 years. NANCY L CLARK, Dean and Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University WILLIAM H. WORGER, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Los Angeles Our new research retells the story of Sharpeville,…
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Nov
22
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s police are losing the war on crime – here’s how they need to rethink their approach

South Africa’s police are losing the war on crime – here’s how they need to rethink their approach

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
SOUTH Africa’s crime statistics for the third quarter of 2023 show that people continue to face a serious problem of violent crime, especially murder and attempted murder. The country’s per capita murder rate for 2022/23 was the highest in 20 years at 45 per 100,000 (a 50% increase compared to 2012/13). GUY LAMB, Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University In response to this crisis, the South African Police Service has reconfigured its policing strategies and plans. Yet, these approaches offer very little innovation. They mostly reaffirm the way the police have typically pursued policing for the past three decades –…
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Nov
10
2023
By The African Mirror
South African president deploys army to tackle illegal mining

South African president deploys army to tackle illegal mining

NEWS
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 3,300 army personnel to help combat illegal mining activities, Ramaphosa's office said in a statement. The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which is expected to cost about 492 million rand ($26 million), is aimed at maintaining law and order under "Operation Prosper", Vincent Magwenya, Ramaphosa's spokesperson, said in the statement. The SANDF was previously deployed in 2019 to the Western Cape province to fight gang violence under the same operation. "Members of the SANDF will, in cooperation with the South African Police Service, conduct an intensified…
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Jul
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Mandela Day used to repair looting damage

Mandela Day used to repair looting damage

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African from all walks of life used Mandela Day - the celebration of the birthday of the country's founding president - to do good humanitarian deeds, all aimed at repairing the damage done by last week’s violence and looting. Several individuals and groups donated and helped to distribute food and water to communities that have been left stranded after shopping malls, factories and warehouses were set alight and looted in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in the worst violence since the dawn of democracy. While some provided food, large groups joined clean up campaigns across the two provinces…
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Jul
18
2021
By The African Mirror
The storm is over, but the battle remains – Ramaphosa

The storm is over, but the battle remains – Ramaphosa

NEWS
AFTER  a week from hell, President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to instil confidence among South Africans that calm has been restored to most of the affected areas, but warned that the storm is not over yet. While Ramaphosa has outlined measures to contain the violence and the looting, he has made it abundantly clear that this was the biggest test to SA’s democracy and that the biggest challenge remains to arrest the ring leaders of the insurrection which paralysed parts of the country and inflicted damage running into billions. Alongside the big clean-up operation and the campaign by the police…
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Jul
15
2021
By The African Mirror
S.A looting dies down as more troops expected

S.A looting dies down as more troops expected

NEWS
A week of violence, arson and looting that has engulfed South Africa slowly began to ebb on Thursday as several districts rocked by the mayhem were quiet ahead of an expected surge in soldiers on the streets. Pockets of looting contiued in the eastern port city of Durban. A Reuters reporter saw crowds in Durban's Mobeni neighbourhood rollling away trolleys loaded with maize meal and other looted staples. Some loaded pick-up trucks - one such truck had to be abandoned as it had run out of fuel. Petrol stations have shut across the city because of the unrest. Taxi drivers…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
EXCLUSIVE – South Africa tries to recover over $23 million from SAP for ‘unlawful’ contracts

EXCLUSIVE – South Africa tries to recover over $23 million from SAP for ‘unlawful’ contracts

NEWS
ALEXANDER WINNING SOUTH African investigators are seeking to recover more than 400 million rand ($23 million) from German software firm SAP for two government contracts they allege were entered into unlawfully, court documents seen by Reuters show. Although the amount of money sought is small for a company with a market value of around 162 billion euros, the move by the authorities is another headache for SAP, which in 2018 admitted to misconduct over deals with South African state firms during former president Jacob Zuma's tenure. SAP, a major global business software company, had said it was reviewing all its…
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