[KimJongunicorn]

Macassar Kayelitsha 13 March 2013

Early morning mob justice for stealing a handbag.

[Bastet]

Oh dear Gotta love this mob justice

[rapeWhistle]

Thou shalt not steal.

[SnappyTurtle]

Sick. I mean come on, he's just a kid.

[gatagato]

He's the fourth victim of mob justice in 2013, the police found his body 30 minutes after the attack.
He had recently been released on parole from Pollsmoor Prison after serving six years of a 15-year sentence for armed robbery.
Last year, 80 people were killed by “vigilantes” in the province.

Khayelitsha mob sets man alight - 13 March 2013

CAPE TOWN - Western Cape police on Tuesday condemned the latest vigilante killing in Khayelitsha.

Lindile Maci was beaten to death and set alight by a mob after being accused of stealing a handbag.

Khayelitsha experienced a surge in mob-justice killings last year, which resulted in Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s establishing of a commission of inquiry into policing in the area. Zille also set up the inquiry to investigate claims police in Khayelitsha were ineffective. The probe has, however, been hindered by an on-going court battle between Zille and the Police ministry.

Retired Judge Kate O’Regan and former National Director of Public Prosecutions boss Vusi Pikoli are heading the inquiry.

The police's Andre Traut said, “Vigilantism is strongly condemned by the South African Police Service (SAPS). If you take the law into your own hands, you will be prosecuted like a criminal.”

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato said he hopes arrests are made soon.

“If the SAPS cannot make the necessary breakthrough with the latest spate of vigilante killings in Nyanga and Khayelitsha it will send out the wrong message, the perception that it is okay to take the law into their own hands.”

Plato was adamant vigilante killings could not be tolerated in the Western Cape.

He admitted he was particularly concerned by a growing number of people who felt it was justifiable to take the law into their own hands.

“People believe, due to the fact that they experience problems with the police, that they can take the law into their own hands."

More than 10 mob justice killings were recorded in the area in 2012.
In September last year a 26-year-old man from the Harare informal settlement was stoned and beaten to death for allegedly stealing a cellphone.

His suspected accomplice, a 28-year-old man, was also stoned before being torched.

Community Justice in Macassar - Kayelitsha

Report ID: 3411
Crime Category: Murder
Province: Western Cape
City/Town: CAPE TOWN
Suburb: Kayelitsha
Address: Siphendule Street
Crime Date/Time: 13 March 2013, 5:30AM
Reported Date: 13 March 2013

Zille responds to Khayelitsha killing

Cape Town - Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has condemned the latest incident of mob killing but says she understands the “frustrations” that compel people to take the law into their own hands.

Lindile Maci, a suspected robber, was beaten and set alight in Khayelitsha on Tuesday. A family friend said Maci had recently been released on parole from Pollsmoor Prison after serving six years of a 15-year sentence for armed robbery. On Tuesday, he had allegedly robbed two residents.

Police found Maci’s badly burnt body in an open field at 44 Section in Makhaza, about 30 minutes after the attack. No arrests have been made.

• May 2012, Gauteng

– Residents set two men alight in the Lion Park. They were accused of theft. One died, while the other sustained third-degree burns to his body.

• June 2012, Polokwane
A man was beaten to death after stealing sweets. People chased him down a busy street and beat him to death. Another man in Polokwane was stoned to death after an angry mob saw him try to steal a woman’s cellphone.


• October 2012, Cape Town

A man was found on the side of the road after being stoned to death by residents of Khayelitsha.

Durban - Sherwood residents took the law into their own hands after catching a man who had broken into the same house twice. The man was beaten up, then taken to hospital. Residents said they no longer reported break-ins because the police did nothing to help.


• January 2013, Eastern Cape
After being accused of theft by residents, three men were beaten to death in the veld. Ntsheleni informal settlement residents had found numerous stolen items in the men’s house. About 49 people were arrested in connection with the vigilante incident.

• January 2013, uMlazi, KwaZulu-Natal

Two men from uMlazi – Njabulo Mwandla and Ngcebo Dube – were assaulted and forced to drink acid after they were accused of being thieves. The assault on the men, accused of stealing a braai stand and boots, lasted about 10 hour. Some of the acid spilt into the eyes of Dube and he was left permanently blind. Mwandla’s liver will never recover from the acid damage. This was the fourth incident of vigilantism in the area. Drug use was one of the factors blamed for increased crime in the area.

• March 2013, Rustenburg

Two men were assaulted, doused with paraffin and set alight by Freedom Park residents. The men were set alight after they were suspected of having committed a series of crimes, including murder. According to police reports, about 500 people were at the crime scene to prevent the police from putting out the fire. The two men died.

• March 2013, Khayelitsha, Cape Town

A parolee from Pollsmoor Prison, Lindile Maci, was beaten and set alight after he was alleged to have robbed two residents. Maci had served six years of his 15-year sentence for armed robbery. His body was found in a veld 30 minutes after the attack.

http://www.security.co.za/fullStory.asp?NewsId=24668
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-cour...ling-1.1486382
http://www.reportacrime.co.za/CrimeReport.aspx?ID=3411

[Faline]

Bit OTT reaction like always

[Karma]

Well, it appears he was a career criminal. That was still a nasty way to die though. Then again, I wouldn't mind getting my mitts on the bastard that stole my mac, my mothers wedding and engagement rings and my engagement ring. I think I could do that to him.

[LERK]

I bet it was a nice handbag though.

[blancadon]

Those thieves drive away tourists and with it goes dollars for the economy.

[FavaBeans]