Why the silence on Joburg’s New Year shootings?

10 January 2020 - 05:55 By Belinda Pheto
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Two women were killed and six other people injured in the shooting.
Two women were killed and six other people injured in the shooting.
Image: Iavan Pijoos

“We cannot say anything, as it will jeopardise the investigation.”

This is the line police and government officials are hiding behind, as no arrests have been made two weeks after the bloody shootings in Melville and Newtown.

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