PMB murders: South Africans have become desensitised to violent crime

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Tim O'Connor, whose 92-year-old mother, Patricia, was strangled to death in a Pietermaritzburg old age home last month feels South Africans have become desensitised to violent crime.

4 Aug 2018 1PM English South Africa News · Daily News

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PMB murders: South Africans have become desensitised to violent crime

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