Mobs of death: a retrospective

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The townships that erupted with hatred and violence in the country in May 2008 seem to have cooled down now. Two months after mobs around the country went on the rampage targeting foreigners in attacks which left many people dead, scores injured and thousands homeless, photojournalist James Oatway reflects on his experience while covering the violence.

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

9 July 2008

Nto

This is unbelievable, “mob” so cruel people, look what you have done to humanbeings.

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9 July 2008

john

its terrible to say under these circumstances – but these are very strong pictures. Thank you for publishing them after the fact – may it be a reminder of the disease that still exists in our society

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9 July 2008

Nto

Were these criminals arrested or not? We are not hearing anything about what happened to them.

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10 July 2008

Palo

It’s terrible to see the same thing happening again and again. This is strong story. Unfortunately that’s all I can say now.

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11 July 2008

Michel

Excellent work James. Very powerful.

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15 July 2008

Goodwill Mthembu

i blame the gov. only in sa will you not adentify a basic refugge policy. this was a bomb waiting to blow, its sad that poor people had to endure the frustration of angry SA. But list we forget that the gov. is mostly to blame, when are they going to solve this problem…remember a hungry stamach is an angry mind….fix this now…..