When morality is no more
The Citizen|November 14, 2024
When a crime is committed, it goes without saying that morality goes out of the window.
KEKELETSO NAKELI

The ordinary, law-abiding citizen questions the morality of perpetrators. We wonder, how and where they were raised. We question how they deviate from the humanity we are born and raised with.

The underbelly of the zama zama wars has erupted, with scores of illegal miners trapped underground as operation Vala Umgodi intensifies.

Witnesses claim there are about 4 000 illegal miners. Some gravely ill, others who have already died and others still holding on for dear life. A grim picture has been painted, but we remember that these are mostly people who have consented to a life of crime.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 14, 2024 من The Citizen.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 14, 2024 من The Citizen.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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