The statistics from the first three months of the year show an overall drop in crime but gender-based violence continued to be a concern
A high number of unsolved gender-based violent cases and gun-related murders have sparked public dissatisfaction with the police
More than 700 cases related to criminal gangs disrupting construction sites have been reported over the past five months
Shelters also worry about a repeat of the Life Esidemeni tragedy if the government does not provide adequate funding to fill the skills gap of workers
Thousands of rape cases are in limbo because the police apparently can’t check fingerprints on the department of home affairs’ database
The latest data shows that contact crimes and rapes are on the rise
The country is viewed as highly skilled because of its response to high crime levels, and training is offered at competitive prices
Households are battling to keep up with their municipal bills in the face of stubbornly high interest rates, according to Salga
The chair of the party’s subcommittee on peace and stability, Polly Boshielo, says it trusts and supports Cele, despite calls for him to be dismissed
Overall cases of murder have dropped slightly but killing of police has almost doubled over the past three months
Residents say scores of young people are recruited by gangs and are gunned down in the Durban suburb where revenge killings are a reality
The arrests come during an increase in municipal vehicle hijackings
The police minister announced a 2.8% decline in rapes reported in January to March 2023 compared with the same period last year
‘The Imperatives of Revoking Our Silence’ highlights students’ experiences of sexual assault on university campuses
More than 82 people a day are murdered in the country
A total of 13 283 sexual assault cases were reported in just three months from July to September
The number of kidnappings in South Africa has been increasing sharply over the past year
Provincial government and the City of Cape Town cannot plug the gap for national government’s responsibility for crime prevention, says DA
The murder of women continued its upward trajectory in the last three months of 2021, while kidnapping showed the biggest increase of all categories of crime.
Sonke Gender Justice points finger at fathers who withhold maintenance payments to coerce, manipulate, and punish the mothers of their children
South Africa’s scores 4.5 out of 10 for human trafficking, the 2021 Global Organised Crime Index finds
Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20
Substance abuse has emerged as a reason for the spike in crimes during the first quarter of 2021.
In the frantic pursuit of patriarchal ideas of manhood, boys often lose their ability to love — this paves the way for cruelty and violence
The costs include expenditure on security, justice and health rather than on productive efforts, investment is driven away and psychological effects results in lower productivity
Backlogs, booze, testicular cancer — all factors blamed for the apparent ineptitude or unwillingness to tackle a pandemic that is silently killing women all over the country.
South Africa continues to be in the grip of violent crime but according to the police minister, there are “glimmers of improvement”
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In this edited extract from her new book, Heist, Anneliese Burgess says the plague of cash-in-transit robberies is only getting worse
Ten of South Africa’s police stations which record the highest number of murders are found in the Western Cape, seven in Gauteng and six in KZN.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula released the crime statistics on Tuesday, revealing that robbery is the highest it’s been in a decade.
Poor results are linked to areas with high crime rates but some Gauteng schools show that this can be countered.