CONTRACT KILLINGS
“BLOOD, bodies and bullets have become a way of life.”
From drugs to gangs, taxi and business turf warfare, there has been a rapid spike in contract killings, commonly known as “hits” across the country in recent months.
Yusuf Abramjee, an anti-crime activist, said organised crime was on the rise, with South Africa now being likened to a “mafia state”.
“We are certainly living in the Wild West, in a mafia state. South Africa has the world’s third-highest murder rate and is number seven on an international level. Sadly, blood, bodies and bullets have become a way of life.
“We have seen a massive escalation in these so-called contract killings or ‘hits’ – with
