PENWELL DLAMINI | A video of Joburg CBD crime is one thing, living it is another: my story

Little did I know that not far from where I had seen a man lying dead days before, I would find myself lying unconscious

15 March 2023 - 21:06

Earlier this month, I saw a man lying face down on the corner of Claim and Sophie De Bruyn streets in downtown Johannesburg. He had been killed right next to the taxi rank and police had secured the crime scene by the time I arrived...

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