“This is a horrific incident, and shows the little regard criminals have for life,” said Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen.
Last year was rough when it came to tourists being directed into dodgy parts of Cape Town only for terribly traumatic things to happen to them.
A total of seven murders and 12 attempted murders were recorded by police this past Saturday.
This story of a 40-year-old NHS surgeon who was killed in South Africa on August 3 is gut-wrenching.
How he sat there and read the shocking stats, showing most crimes increased since the same period last year, is beyond any reasonable person with a general moral compass.
The quarterly crime stats, released by police minister Bheki Cele, show a marked increase from the three months prior.
Police logged 1 473 homicides in Nyanga over the past five years, making it one of the most dangerous places to be outside a war zone.