By: Natasha Archary

Cassper Nyovest took to his social media to speak out about gun violence, calling South Africa lawless.
This after news of the senseless killing of Pretoria-born DJ, Peter Leshie Mabuse, better known at DJ Mashata rocked the music industry.
DJ Mashata was shot and killed by a barrage of bullets in Soshanguve on Sunday morning, 21 April.
The death of DJ Mashata painted a bleak picture of life in South Africa, and Cassper said it’s scary how gun violence has taken over the country.
“We are only safe in God’s hands. South Africa is lawless. It’s so sad to see what our country has become. It’s not even fun anymore to be outside nje. I’d rather watch a movie.
The gun violence in South Africa is just scary. These are people’s kids, fathers, brothers and sisters that are senselessly getting killed.
Criminals have realised that they can do as they wish and nothing is being done about it. It’s just sad to watch and painful to live in this country which used to be such a bliss.”
The gun violence in South Africa is just scary. These are people’s kids, fathers, brothers and sisters that are senselessly getting killed. Criminals have realised that they can do as they wish and nothing is being done about it. It’s just sad to watch and painful to live in this…
— Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) April 21, 2024
Gun-related murders increased in South Africa between 2022 to 2023 by 35%.
This means that the number of people who were shot and killed increased fom 23 between 2021 to 2022 to 31 people a day between 2022 to 2023.
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