Skip to main content

South Africa 2010: Township justice


"We are in Diepsloot a township just outside Johannesburg, 50 kilometres away is Soccer City where the grand opening ceremony and the final itself of the 2010 World Cup will take place, but we could be in another world."

Security is a huge business in South Africa the affluent live in secure compounds, fenced off- invisible from the streets.

In the very poorest areas a more basic and brutal form of law and order is in place.

Popular posts from this blog

Sudan poll boycott threatens peace

AlJazeeraEnglish — April 06, 2010 — South Sudan's main political party has announced a partial boycott of the elections scheduled for April 11. The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has withdrawn its candidates from local and parliamentary polls in North Sudan.  A History of Modern Sudan