# The South African Council of Churches says a national day of mourning should be considered in light of the recent spate of mass killings. Twenty-eight people were killed in shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend. The council’s general secretary, Reverend Mzwandile Molo, says South Africans have become desensitised to violence, and the value of human life has been cheapened. He says the country is witnessing the total erosion of its moral fibre.
Council of churches calls for day of mourning following recent mass killings