Cleveland shooting shows why South Africans don’t feel the ‘decline in crime’
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Mass shootings continue to occur across Gauteng, even as the murder rate has declined over the last couple of months. But such shootings hit the poorest of communities, and the police need to do more …
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Cleveland shooting shows why South Africans don’t feel the ‘decline in crime’ Mass shootings continue to occur across Gauteng, even as the murder rate has declined over the last couple of months. But such shootings hit the poorest of communities, and the police need to do more to stop them. By D Khosa 14 Jun 2026 D Khosa is a Professor at Unisa’s College of Law, School of Criminal Justice. She holds a PhD in Police Science. Dive Deeper Speed Read Listen Dive Deeper Twelve people were shot dead in Cleveland, Johannesburg, on Tuesday night, 9 June. And more than ten injured. The men who did it, police think there were more than 10 of them, arrived by minibus at the Jumpers informal settlement, walked in through two gates, fired on whomever was in front of them, and drove off.
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