In the shade of a tree on a sunny day, Isac Matate set up a rickety bookstand in a ragged square that was once a beacon for the struggle that ended apartheid in South Africa.

Once a beacon of hope, Kliptown Square is now a vandalised, neglected shell under the Joburg Property Company’s neglectful care.

RCMP now say it looks like one of two vehicles involved in a crash on Highway 101 on Saturday night that killed five people was driving the wrong way on the divided highway. An act booked for the ...