vigilantes
Coverage of vigilantes in the Nexus archive.
- South Africa: Police Struggle to Stop Vigilantes From Targeting Immigrants in Alexandra
South African police are struggling to prevent vigilantes from targeting immigrants in Alexandra. A Malawian street vendor expresses fear that these individuals want to kill them.
- ‘They will come back at night’: migrants flee South Africa vigilantes
Migrants in South Africa are fleeing due to vigilante violence as politicians have fueled a surge in anti-foreigner unrest ahead of local elections.
- Police deny viral motorcycle video shows bandits, say riders are vigilantes, hunters
Police have denied claims that a viral motorcycle video shows armed bandits, stating the riders are actually vigilantes and hunters. The clarification followed online speculation about the riders being bandits operating freely in the state.
- South Africa: Xenophobia in South Africa - State's Complicity With Gangs and Vigilantes Is Threatening Its Ability to Govern
South Africa faces renewed anti-immigrant violence, including marches, murders of Mozambicans, and state-sponsored evacuations. The situation threatens the country's tourism, trade, and constitutional democracy, with the state's alleged complicity in violence against immigrants.
- Tricycle operator narrates his ordeal and how he outsmarted kidnappers
A tricycle operator recounted his experience of being kidnapped and how he managed to outsmart his captors. The police, along with vigilantes, forest guards, and community youths, conducted a rescue operation that freed the victims.
- Suspect is arrested in the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby, 5, who went missing from her Northern Territory home five days ago - as local reveals how vigilantes discovered him
A suspect has been arrested in the death of 5-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby, who went missing from her Northern Territory home five days ago. Local vigilantes reportedly discovered the suspect, leading to the arrest.