They knew bloodshed was likely, and yet South Africa’s police
commanders launched their operation against striking miners.
Large-scale attacks provoke outrage, but so should
the daily devastation wreaked by murder, rape and
brutality in South Africa.
Tech spending is up, but police data and capacity
gaps must be resolved to leverage the benefits.
What we say and where we say it matters for
preventing discrimination, and social media
is now a priority.
South Africans need to frame the problem as an
endemic social condition that they can stop
through deliberate action.