​Italian police said on Thursday they had arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob

A community in Etwatwa, where people have turned to vigilante justice, has reached a tenuous agreement with police but anguished hearts remain

Former Harare police station commander Gert Nel says mob killings in the precinct were mostly sporadic and "spur of the moment incidents".

Khutsong residents say they had to resort to killing and necklacing six alleged gangsters because police have done nothing to stop crime in the area.

North West police commissioner Lieutenant General Zukiswa Mbombo expressed shock after viewing cellphone video footage of a man being killed by a mob.