# Action Society has condemned the recent attacks targeting the country’s justice system. Recent incidents include the killing of prominent insolvency lawyer Bouwer van Niekerk inside his firm’s office in Johannesburg, and the killing of two people outside the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town. Action Society’s Juanita du Preez says these acts of violence strike at the heart of fairness, safety, and the rule of law:
Action Society says the surge in violence at courts is a direct assault on justice [SOUND]
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