A brazen shooting at the Lenasia Magistrates' Court in Johannesburg has raised alarming concerns about witness protection in South Africa. A witness scheduled to testify in a 2021 murder case was gunned down, sparking a massive manhunt by police to apprehend the suspect. This shocking incident bears a disturbing resemblance to a similar attack in November 2023, where a key witness in a police torture trial was killed outside the Randburg Magistrate's Court. The recurrence of such incidents has cast a dark shadow over courtroom safety, prompting urgent questions about the efficacy of witness protection measures. To shed more light on this critical issue, Elvis Presslin spoke to Terrence Manase, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development