In this episode Lindy delves into the murky world of political assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Where, according to the GI-TOC's assassination monitor data, for three of the last six years, political assassinations were higher than all other South African provinces combined.

Presenter: Lindy Mtongana

Speaker(s):

Greg Arde, Journalist and Author of War Party: How the ANC’s political killings are breaking South Africa

Chwayita Thobela, Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Thapelo Mohale, a shack dweller, and the secretary general of Abahlali baseMjondolo.

Additional Reading:

Eastern and Southern Africa Observatory - Risk Bulletin

The rule of the gun: Hits and assassinations in South Africa, 2000-2017

Give Us More Guns: How South Africa’s gangs were armed

Gun licenses for sale: South Africa's failing firearms control

Murder by Contract: Targeted killings in eastern and southern Africa

The Global Organized Crime Index - South Africa Profile

Global Assassination Monitor

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

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