Crime and Punishment in South Africa - BBC Africa Eye documentary

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Published 2024-05-12
As South Africa’s murder rate reaches a twenty year high, #BBCAfricaEye meets the frontline communities who are fighting back.

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There were more than 27,000 murders last year. With trust in the police falling, Africa Eye reporter Ayanda Charlie follows two volunteer patrol units determined to protect their communities.

She meets a team of Afrikaans farmers in the town of Brits near Pretoria - and also with a unit in Diepsloot, a township of more than 300,000 people.

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Credits:
Filmed & directed by NICK BLAKEMORE
Africa Eye Editor - TOM WATSON
Reporter – AYANDA CHARLIE
Executive Producer – PETER MURIMI
Producers - JANE THANDI LIPMAN, GOLDEN LIEFIE MTIKA
Film Editor - AMANDA GUNN
Production Manager - SIMON FROST
Production Coordinator – SARAH CLARKE
Researcher – IZZY FLEMING
Reversioning Producer - ANNA PAYTON
Social Media Producer - ANUSHA KUMAR
Digital Producer - TAMASIN FORD
Sound mix - JEZ SPENCER
Colourist - BOYD NAGLE
Online Editor - CHRIS STOTT
Translator - FEZOKUHLE MTHONTI, TARRYN DE KOCK
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All Comments (21)
  • @Wolf-hh4rv
    ANC said they would destroy apartheid and transform South Africa. They transformed apartheid and destroyed South Africa
  • @TatendaKavu
    ANC is obsessed with what is happening in Gaza and yet they are failing to clean the mess in their backyard, what a stunning irony.
  • I'm 26 years old. 2 of my friends have been shot during hijackings. 1 passed and the other lucky survived after having being shot 4 times. I am currently living in Korea and I have to say, as much as I love home, I am never going back. People don't understand the physiological stress of living in an environment like South Africa. It's only after you've left where you start to realize that it's not normal.
  • @cheezykbsa5148
    Imagine if we could have a police minister as devoted as these volunteers. Just imagine.
  • @jn8922
    I can't even watch this as a South African. The anger and anxiety this triggers is too much. We are hostages here... We don't leave our houses. In my town, even on a Friday night, everything closes before 10pm because it's just too dangerous to stay open. Winter is coming and that is stressful because that's when the house breaking occurs. We can't even be outside in our own yards anymore without being paranoid. And when they rob your house, they don't just want to steal - they want to rape, brutalize and torture. Sometimes I feel like I live in hell. And BBC you should do a documentary on how rampant child abuse, trafficking and rape is...that too is another reason I think this country is hell. It's too demonic what's happening here.
  • @MYU214
    Ramaphosa is such a spineless coward of a president
  • @lcx7252
    I almost got hijacked in pretoria west yesterday, a white vw tiguan and a white 4 door ford van full of men. By god's luck i made a getaway before they could do anything, they followed me until i got to where i live where there is security. I was scared but im thankful, ANC needs to go
  • @Hugo-vz3eu
    My respects to the man who gave his life protecting his family. That is the whole meaning of life, to protect your legacy with everything you got. Respect.
  • @sizwez
    I'm begging you guys, let's vote out the ANC please
  • @Will-bT_3
    A country so beautiful and yet in crisis, it breaks my heart as a South African.
  • @daniebalelo926
    A close friend was murdered five years ago. Until today not one phone call to tell us of any progress made. The detective told us from the beginning that finding them would be near impossible and that he alone had more than a hundred murder cases he himself was working on. That is the reality of South Africa.
  • I'm so so proud of the journalist. This was balanced, despite the difficult undertones and the dangerous work.
  • Living in SA is like playing Russian Roulette with someone else holding the pistol. This country belongs to and is ruled by criminals, not the tax payer.
  • @Pamela-ek9cp
    No punishment in South Africa criminal are walking freely
  • @shey1146
    I am praying and hoping South Africa has a breakthrough, the people do not deserve this
  • Welcome to South Africa, where political parties are more concerned about naming and shaming each other than delivering services to the public.
  • @romario2166
    I was part of our volunteer protection unit in DBN during the 2021 riots. We did a far better job protecting our homes than the police. So are these people. It's sad when civilians now have to be their own police because this government is not interested in the safety of its people. The ANC thrives in this crime ridden climate. They created it. We all know what to do on the 29th people. VOTE THE ANC OUT PLEASE!