The Roots Toward Violence

[Oscar Knight]

The Roots Toward Violence

Guns, Gangs and Culture of Violence

South Africa is so steeped in violence, it has become a way of life, a culture that holds a dangerous allure for today's youth.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1919382.stm

South African Gangs Use Rape To "Cure" Lesbians

www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52C3MN20090313

SOUTH AFRICA: Gang Culture in Cape Town

www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=28&ReportId=70038&Country=Yes

Crime in South Africa

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_South_Africa

[Oscar Knight]

South Africa

127,000 Bullet Wounds a Year Treated at South Africa State Hospitals

“According to the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), a global movement against gun violence, South Africa has the fourth highest gun-homicide rate in the world. It also has the second-highest violent-death rate in the world, with 122 deaths per 100,000 people.

censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2009/07/127000-bullet-wounds-year-treated-in-sa.html

15,000 families attacked by armed gangs in 2008

censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/search/label/000%20families%20attacked%20inside%20their%20homes%20by%20armed%20gangs%20in%202008

Whites in South Africa increasing Targets of Hate-Crimes

www.digitaljournal.com/article/265201