Gunmen attack South African house party
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What happened in the KwaMakhutha house party shooting near Durban?
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This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Wednesday the twenty third of September. Gunmen kill eleven people at a house party near Durban as South Africa struggles to combat violent crime. Fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia, Mistigrayan fighters battle government forces. And the head of the IMF warns advanced economies to reduce their debt burdens.
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No sign of a slowdown on AI in China. We report on the new data centres being built in remote areas. And the archaeologists hoping to search for the tomb of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with around sixty people killed every day. In one particularly deadly incident on Tuesday night, gunmen attacked a house party in a township outside Durban, killing eleven people, including a pregnant woman. I heard more from our correspondent in Johannesburg, Pumza Fichlani.
The police have said, Oliver, that it's still very early in their investigation, but they are also following a lead where some of the victims, they say, had been on their crime watch list. They are saying this may mean that there was a rival feud involved that was behind the killing. It's something that's not that widely common in South Africa, mass shootings. Although the murder rate is high, it is something that does still shock. a lot of people in this country to see mass shootings happen anywhere. But KZN, Kozarunatal, that area where that happened in, there's just another insight that's important to share there. It's a place where murder for hire is rife, the police have said. So they're also looking at whether that was behind the motive, whether somebody paid these gunmen to carry out the shooting last night.
Yeah, and tell us more about the high levels of of violent crime that are affecting South Africa at the moment.
Certainly it's one of the highest across violent crime in the world, with the murder rate continuing to be something that's very difficult for the authorities, from the government to the police, to get a handle on. It's something that South Africans are widely concerned about. And that persecution rate, they've said, isn't as high as it can be. It takes very long for cases to get through the courts, and some instances for even arrests. to happen, but it is something that is front of mind for a lot of South Africans because of how prevalent it is and just how widespread. There isn't one specific area, Oliver, that you can zero in on and say if we solve it here, it goes away everywhere. It happens in each province and for various reasons.
But the police have said that they are trying their level best in terms of renewing their training and getting as much resources as needed. So They can get a handle on the situation.
Yeah, the government even sent in the army earlier this year. Is there anything more they can do?
See that should tell you how serious of a problem it is. We don't see the army on the streets of South Africa often. They only are ever called in when there's been a spike, really. And they're there to help the police effect arrests. So they don't affect arrests themselves, but they're there as extra backup because there are certain parts of the country where even the police themselves cannot just willy-nilly go in.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened in the KwaMakhutha house party shooting near Durban?
0:00–5:22
2
Why do investigators suspect a rival feud behind the South African mass killing?
5:22–13:39
3
How is South Africa’s high murder rate affecting national security policies?
13:39–19:36
4
What warning did the IMF chief give advanced economies about debt and borrowing?
19:36–25:34
5
How is China accelerating its AI development with new data‑centre projects?
25:34–29:48
6
Could the hidden tomb of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti finally be discovered?
29:48–32:13
7
What are the latest developments in Ethiopia’s renewed conflict in Tigray?
32:13–32:40
8
Why is Dolly Parton’s estate embroiled in a legal battle with her nephew?
32:40–32:42
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