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.
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