There were 300 CIT attacks last year. There have been at least six so far this month. Today in Pietermaritzburg a guard was wounded. It is endless.

The van was obliterated by an explosive charge. Her car came to rest nearby. This is the tragic, human toll exacted by a multi-billion Rand shadow world of crime.

These are her final moments filmed from a distance. Her blue car moves toward a blockade where a gang of heavily armed men had forced an armoured car from the road.

Yesterday, Richards Bay teacher Bonisiwe Maphumulo was gunned down by a gang of CIT bombers in a daylight attack in the northern reaches of the province. A short 🧵

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