Across South Africa assassinations are on the rise as organised crime, corruption and criminality turn contract killings into a booming industry.
Over the past couple of weeks, South Africa has seen a spate of suspected high-profile contract killings.
Last Saturday insolvency practitioner Cloete Murray and his son, Thomas, were gunned down at the Engen Big Bird 1 Stop, on the N1 Highway in Midrand. Thomas died on the scene, his father two days later. Just over a month earlier