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| South African police probe mining feud, business rivalry after shootings kill 27 |
| 2026-09-27 |
| [Reuters] South African police were on Sunday hunting the perpetrators of two separate shootings that killed 27 people within hours of each other, highlighting the country's gun violence problem. "This cannot go on like this," President Cyril Ramaphosa said of the incidents, which came only days after another shooting killed 11 people at a house party near Durban. Authorities were still working to establish the motives for the shootings near Johannesburg and Cape Town, but initial investigations suggested one could be a turf war between illegal miners and the other a business rivalry. "This is the level of criminality that we must bring down, and our security forces are now going to continue pulling out all stops," Ramaphosa told local media channels. Violent crime is rife in South Africa, despite efforts to curb one of the world's highest per-capita murder rates. In Wedela township, about 80 km (50 miles) from Johannesburg, 17 people were killed and 15 injured at a tavern when suspects armed with AK-47 rifles opened fire at around 9:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) on Saturday, police said. |
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