Politicians Gayton McKenzie (R) and Vuyolwethu Zungula (L) have indicated support for capital punishment in SA. (OJ Koloti and Edrea du Toit/Gallo Images)
Parties like the African Transformation Movement (ATM) and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) want to remove the most fundamental of human rights – the right to life – by reintroducing the death penalty.
Corruption-accused former president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party wants a referendum on the death penalty and the IFP wants to open a “national debate” on the reinstatement of the death penalty.
However, international research shows that the death penalty is not an effective deterrent to crime.
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