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Journey through anxious Joburg

Opinion Nicky Falkof & Cobus van Staden - 25 Nov 2020

A new book has collected writing about the condition of living, yes, with a high crime rate, but also other, more pervasive existential urban stresses particular to the Global South

Sharp sting of the Green Scorpions

Environment Sheree Bega - 22 Nov 2020

Crime busters secure a 97% conviction rate and register more criminal dockets for range of crimes

Peacemaking criminology as ubuntu: A reply to Thuli Madonsela

Thought Leader Casper Lӧtter - 19 Nov 2020

If the rich and powerful are afforded amnesty, then so too must the poor who are often pushed into lives of crime

Extract from ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ by Mia Arderne

Friday Mia Arderne - 18 Aug 2020

This extract from Mia Arderne’s debut work of fiction, ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ introduces readers to Uncle ‘M16-in-your-bek’

Merchants of despair

Opinion Casper Lӧtter - 14 Aug 2020

When imprisonment becomes a business, the profit motive rears its head at the expense of the good of the prisoners. Three recent books deal with the murky workings of the prison-industrial complex in South Africa

Vigorous policing of petty crime during the pandemic suggests a Pyrrhic defeat

Coronavirus Casper Lӧtter - 29 Jul 2020

The ideological aims of the criminal justice system in dysfunctional societies, like South Africa, is to indirectly legitimise the inequitable economic system

Rise in forced labour expected amid the Covid-19 economic crisis

Coronavirus Jaynisha Patel & Sarah Child - 20 Jun 2020

Criminals prey on desperate people by offering them false promises of a better life. In fact, they are coercing them into lives of exploitation and misery

Security at schools is not the community’s responsibility

Education Sean Mbusi - 17 Jun 2020

It is unrealistic to expect vulnerable people to ensure that nearby schools aren’t vandalised or robbed

Don’t wage war against SA’s poor

Article Andile Zulu - 8 Apr 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed heavy-handed, brutal and, at times, lethal action by some members of the police

‘Raids invaded our privacy,’ contend residents

Article Sarah Smit - 19 Mar 2020

Occupants from buildings subjected to raids in Operation Fiela have taken the matter to court

Every person’s silence against violence gives perpetrators licence to kill

Analysis Gushwell Brooks - 26 Feb 2020

Ongoing hate speech, whether in person, among people or on social media, that is directed at vulnerable groups can lead to violence and death

From the archives: For the first time, an insiders’ account of the Third Force

Article Eddie Koch - 19 Feb 2020

Two young gangsters give an horrific account of how they were encouraged, equipped and trained to carry out violence against ANC-linked targets by the security forces.

Blyvooruitzicht: A glimmer of hope between the sewage, rats and fear

Article Thando Maeko - 14 Feb 2020

‘Thrown away like rubbish’ — Residents of what was once a rich mining town have survived the seven years since the mine closed

Revolving door of crime and jail

National Lester Kiewit - 17 Jan 2020

The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change

Safety and security over the festive season

Article Sponsored Feature - 6 Dec 2019

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special reports - 27 Nov 2020

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