South Africa ranks amongst countries with the highest rates of violent crimes. Many people in the portray signs of woundedness, anger and aggression. This is evident in increasing acts of vigilantism, taxi wars, gang wars, xenophobic violence, service delivery protests, abuse against women and children, the worsening socio-economic conditions in the country, which impact low-income households severely, make the emergence of socially cohesive society difficult. It is thus not surprising that South Africa ranks amongst the most violent nations in the world. The poor quality of public services in South Africa, particularly in low-income communities, means that often there are not enough services, and resources to meet the needs of communities and this compounded with insecure livelihoods, high rates of unemployment and drug abuse fuels tension between community members. While violence against non-South Africans is prevalent, research has shown that what has been deemed xenophobic violence by the media is often violence against anyone deemed an outsider in a particular locality and more often than not, outsiders are other South Africans who had travelled to various other provinces in search of better opportunities.