Sleepless nights in South Africa's 'Village of Death'

A woman walks on a dirt road in Zingqolweni village, South Africa on May 16, 2022. -In Zingqolweni eleven people have been murdered in a year, about one a month, with clockwork regularity. PHOTO | AFP

By  AFP

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What you need to know:

  • All 11 victims have been elderly people, most of whom were women and most of whom lived alone.
  • They have been stabbed to death in their homes after nightfall, when pitch darkness falls over a village where the unpaved roads are unlit.

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