Broadcast excerpt·SUN, 04 OCT 2026 · 16:00:54–16:02:18 SAST
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This is indeed 7:02, Soulful Sunday, 4 p.m. Time for the latest. This, this is EWN. Good afternoon, are running amok due to the weaknesses in South Africa's justice system. That's according to criminologist Chris Gagnani. Ganyani's comment comes in the wake of mass shootings in recent months, with the latest a
Week ago in Luandle, Cape Town, and in Wedela on Haudeng's West Rand. In Cape Town, 27 people were killed in two separate mass shootings last weekend. While in Haaudeng, 17 people were shot and killed at a tavern in Wedela in Carltonville. Danyani says there's no safe corner in the country. The haqs have realized the law is broken and they are running South Africa like it belongs to them. Organized criminal networks that have infiltrated the South African
Police service, intimidated communities, weak intelligence and criminal justice system that too often reacts only after lives have been lost. Kanyani says crime is out of control. When 10 people can be killed in a single shooting, when 21 people can be shot at one location, and when another mass shooting follows in a nearby community, it shows the government has failed. Armed criminals.
Have reached the point where they can slaughter people in groups and appear to believe that they can get away with it. Deputy Higher Education Minister Yusuf Kasim is tomorrow expected to conduct an oversight visit at the troubled Fort Heavy University. The institution is battling a fresh leadership crisis following the immediate resignation of its Vice Chancellor, Professor Sakela Bushlong, last week. Bushlong was placed on precautionary situations.
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