Vigilante Justice – South Africa

May 1999
In this report South Africa’s growing vigilante crisis is thrown into sharp relief when the rape of a black girl is publicly avenged

Some of her attackers live in her street and she now fears for her life. Frustrated that the police will do little to help she approaches the local taxi firm to help her get revenge. “Will you be satisfied and stop crying once we’ve beaten them?” the firm ask her. At 4am the girl points out her township tormentors to willing vigilantes. They strip the culprits naked, strap them to a lamp post and lash them. The girl herself gives the first stroke. The legacy of apartheid leads South Africans to such violence, when even the police disregarded their own laws. The mob ruled when it black against white. This past has depersonalised and dehumanised. The police stand accused of apathy but often they are frustrated by clever criminals. But unless the police earn people’s trust, vigilantism may become the norm.

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25 Responses to Vigilante Justice – South Africa

  1. TheFun4u123 says:

    fucking amimals
    amimals

  2. A503B201 says:

    get lost nigger
    get lost nigger

  3. A503B201 says:

    beating a rapist is …
    beating a rapist is good though. its good. they should be shot to death but thats another story. women dont need to be raped anymore, this is 2010. But most blacks are still about 10,000-15,000 years behind the rest of society. we can see this in how they act.

  4. thabo247 says:

    go and urself …
    go and urself white bitch

  5. duderock909 says:

    disgusting, rape is …
    disgusting, rape is wrong but beating the rapist as punishment… humans suck.

  6. jimjimbob123 says:

    you racist asshole! …
    you racist asshole!
    while i protect your right to be racist, its is within my rights to tell you to off!

  7. jimjimbob123 says:

    can i just say that …
    can i just say that the limitations of a liberal justice system far out weigh its, by some more conservative individuals viewed weakness, though i’d say strengths. afterall it is our criminal justice system, based upon the idea of innocent until prooven guilty that protects our individual freedoms not vigilante militia !
    Peace out from your favourite egalitarian liberal jimbob

  8. GeneralMitu says:

    Oh how I enjoyed …
    Oh how I enjoyed watching those get whipped. Someone needs to kill the scum.

  9. nforcer46 says:

    Our training and …
    Our training and pride in our duties were world class. Today , I will still go to war with my colleagues , because we are from the same caliber.

  10. nforcer46 says:

    I’m proud to be …
    I’m proud to be associated with the Delta team. Since the political changes affected policing & enforcement of the Laws , our Unit’s name were changed from RDF (Rapid Deployment Force) to RDU , Unit replacing Force , because it sounded too militaristic or some other sh!t excuse . . . Same with S.A. Police Force becomming a -Service
    Today I salute my colleagues and my my former ones alike.
    I can say this with all my pride: We have not lost one member in the line of duty , not one.

  11. nforcer46 says:

    Just note- The …
    Just note- The beginning of the clip starts off where Delta Shift , a group of City of Cape Town Council Law Enforcement Officers from Rapid Deployment Force assisting the SAP / SAPS are deployed in Nyanga , Crossroads and Brown’s Farm Townships to hunt down killers and rapists with great successes and numerous arrests.

  12. sizzer33 says:

    this is …
    this is surprisingly what i’d imagine rapist should get as punishments., nice

  13. fastandfurioustokyo says:

    rap is same thing …
    rap is same thing as killing because you can’t undo it. unlike if you would like hit someone they can heal but if you give them aids or other crap from sex its done for your life. :(

  14. Grensoorlog says:

    Looks pretty good …
    Looks pretty good to me!

  15. A503B201 says:

    niggers cleaning up …
    cleaning up niggers. who should we be to mess with evolution?

  16. PULSE88 says:

    Just remember guys, …
    Just remember guys, these are rapist!!!
    Just think if they raped your mum or sister.
    I would have proper bet the out of them.

  17. PULSE88 says:

    I agree.
    I agree.

  18. lmcneill says:

    you got it fuckwilt
    you got it fuckwilt

  19. kellymadisonman says:

    Let’s just hope …
    Let’s just hope they were all guilty!

  20. alanbstard4 says:

    are you referring …
    are you referring to me?

  21. lmcneill says:

    Now do you get some …
    Now do you get some of your friends to round up the people that did this to you and strip them and beat them. Justice is best served by people with their emotions a little more in check and with a better understanding of the situation, not some stupid twit that gets their rocks off cussing people out on a board because you are safe from getting your kicked for being a little head.

    you like it better when I stoop to your ignorant uneducated level?

  22. lmcneill says:

    No, its about …
    No, its about justice. And justice is served by due process, not by accusations. 30% or better of men in jail for these kind of crimes are innocent. Yes, someone out there committed a crime. But is justice served if any of these 4 guys didn’t do it and was just caught up in it, no. So lets just suppose for an instance that you were one of these 4 guys and you happenned to be rounded up, stripped naked, beaten and you didn’t do it.

  23. inhalefarts says:

    for rape this is …
    for rape this is legit, but do they people up over a stolen apple etc?

  24. dassvision says:

    well they gotto pay …
    well they gotto pay for what they did ,,they are criminals,,zero tolerance for them ,,,

  25. Synesthesias says:

    TammyCopyrights,

    TammyCopyrights,

    You need therapy. Don’t take our your petty domestic US issues on SA law enforcement.