{"product_id":"why-we-kill-karl-kemp-9781776390458","title":"Why We Kill: Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa","description":"Why do so many South Africans prefer taking the law into their own hands to relying on the police? Why are those who do so often cheered or sympathized with? Of the unprecedented 27,000 recorded murders in South Africa in 2022, at least 1,894 - or 7 percent - were attributed to mob justice and vigilantism, more than double the number from five years before. In the first nine months of 2023, a further 1,472 mob justice deaths had already been registered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMob justice is nothing new, but in recent years it has taken on an undeniably desperate, furious edge. From the breathtakingly violent Zandspruit massacre in May 2021, to the killings during the July unrest two months later, to the march of Operation Dudula across the nation in 2022, vigilantism - and the condoning of it - has never before captured the zeitgeist of South Africa so sharply. What has changed in the past few years, and what does it augur for the future? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing three recent cases of mob justice, from the hellish metropolitan townships of Gauteng to the far-flung bushveld of northern Limpopo, and drawing on extensive research and interviews, \u003ci\u003eWhy We Kill \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the roots, realities and consequences of South Africa's current crisis of vigilantism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Kemp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1776390458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776390458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Karl Kemp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46293085618431,"sku":"9781776390458","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a330c647-8fcc-43cb-a86b-775ba482ee3a.jpg?v=1730212084","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-we-kill-karl-kemp-9781776390458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}