SA anti-terrorism law sought

Cape Town - South African cabinet ministers called yesterday for a new anti-terrorism law to counter a four-year wave of bombings…

Cape Town - South African cabinet ministers called yesterday for a new anti-terrorism law to counter a four-year wave of bombings and shootings in Cape Town.

The Justice Minister, Mr Penuell Maduna, blamed the armed wing of the Muslim vigilante group People Against Gangsterism and Drugs for a bomb that wounded seven people on Tuesday.

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