Necklace murder ( necklace murder or necklacing ) is a type of Lynch trial practiced by the apartheid regime in the Republic of South Africa . It consists in putting on a person a car tire doused with gasoline and setting it on fire alive .
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History
In 1985-1989, the necklace killings were used by the black people of the Republic of South Africa as part of the struggle against the apartheid regime, namely, to punish scammers ( English sell-outs ) who collaborated with the authorities [1] . They were committed by groups of young people who considered them in the spirit of “unity in the fight against an oppressive government,” while ordinary people saw them as barbarism and cruelty, but they could not do anything and did not mind, so as not to be branded by scammers and not be killed by a “necklace” by ourselves [2] .
Also, “necklace” killing was applied to witches, members of enemy groups and when settling scores for personal reasons [3] . The prevalence of killings by the "necklace" nullified the resistance of the liberation activities of the black population: fear of the liberators spread in the cities and the frightened population fled from cities [1] .
See also
- Skosana, Maki
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Nomoyi, Schurink, 1998 , p. 153.
- ↑ Nomoyi, Schurink, 1998 , p. 157.
- ↑ Nomoyi, Schurink, 1998 , p. 155.
Literature
- Ntuthu Nomoyi, Willem Schurink. An exploratory study of insider accounts of necklacing in three Port Elizabeth townships // Violence in South Africa: A Variety of Perspectives. - 1998. - S. 147–173 .