Three more people shot at Glebelands Hostel, as state of policing is assessed
Three people were rushed to hospital after being shot with automatic rifles at Umlazi’s Glebelands Hostel on Monday. The attacks came after a man and a woman were shot dead within half an hour of each other last Wednesday. The killing in Glebelands is continuing, even as Parliament’s police portfolio committee visits KwaZulu-Natal to assess the state of policing in the province. Two weeks ago, the Moerane commission of inquiry into political violence in the province visited the hostel to view the conditions under which residents were living. More than 90 people have been killed in the volatile hostel since violence escalated in 2014. Despite some arrests, nobody had been convicted for the killings. The latest wave of violence is believed to be between two rival factions of the ANC. Mary de Haas, of the KwaZulu-Natal Peace Monitor, said the only way to end violence in the hostel was for police to work with prosecutors to arrest and prosecute perpetrators of violence. "The people who ...
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