# 45 Mass Killings: What’s Driving South Africa’s Violence? | Julian Rademeyer

An episode of [Profiler: True Crime Africa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1455830293), 30 Sep 2026, 1 h 27 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/ff74674c/podcast/play/126546499/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-30%2F432978308-44100-2-02e13b590999e.mp3

South Africa has recorded 45 mass-killing attacks in 2026, involving at least 210 deaths and 79 wounded. Paul Llewellyn and Dr Gérard Labuschagne are joined by investigative journalist and organised-crime specialist Julian Rademeyer, author of Killing for Profit. They examine the criminal economies behind South Africa’s mass violence — including gangs, extortion, illegal mining, taxi conflict and illicit firearms — and ask whether mass killing is increasingly being used as a tool of terror, retaliation and territorial control. Julian also discusses failing intelligence structures, criminal governance, South Africa’s similarities with Brazil, and three interventions he believes could begin changing the trajectory. Sequence 01 Copy 02 profilerafricainfo@gmail.com

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