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/ 13 November 2009
– and to many other poor people who die at the
hands of criminals and who are too unimportant
to warrant commentary.
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/ 6 November 2009
Xie Caiping’s trial has revealed all the hallmarks of a typical gang boss, writes Tania Branigan.
The government is contesting a second attempt by a South African overseas to claim residence by citing fears of ”criminal, racial discrimination”.
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/ 29 September 2009
Jacob Zuma on Tuesday expressed his support for an amendment to the law to strengthen the hand of policemen in dealing with violent criminals.
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/ 23 September 2009
Gauteng is a smart province, but has not been smart enough in dealing with crime, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday.
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/ 23 September 2009
The United States will keep its government facilities in South Africa closed for a second day on Wednesday due to undisclosed security fears.
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/ 5 September 2009
Financial misconduct in state departments is rife, with justice and correctional services at the top of the list
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/ 4 September 2009
An immigration lawyer said this week that “racism is alive and well in South Africa” after the granting of asylum to Brandon Huntley.
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/ 3 September 2009
While a racial motive was sometimes detected in crimes, there was no ”general pattern of racial attacks on whites by black South Africans.
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/ 2 September 2009
Criminals do not target people because of their skin colour, police National Commissioner Bheki Cele said on Wednesday.
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/ 2 September 2009
Brandon Huntley, the SA man who was granted refugee status by Canada, never laid any charges with the police.
The surge in Gauteng mall robberies suggests that crime syndicates vary their targets and their tactics according to risk.
More than a million of the two million criminal cases reported annually in South Africa are never solved, the Mercury reported on Thursday.
New security measures are needed to curb the number of armed robberies at shopping malls, the SA Council of Shopping Centres said on Friday.
There must be no sympathy for criminals, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
So fraud convict Schabir Shaik was spotted driving around Durban with his black BMW. So what?
Police chief Bheki Cele has called for a law change so that police are not ”handcuffed” by the Criminal Procedure Act.
Opposition parties say that President Jacob Zuma has made a big mistake in appointing Bheki Cele as the new national commissioner of police.
More than 750 people operating in crime syndicates have been arrested since July 1, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Friday.
If the Egypt players were subject to terrible damage in Egypt, they were subject to terrible damage control in South Africa.
Members of the Egyptian soccer team had about R19 000 stolen from their Johannesburg hotel rooms, a media report said on Saturday.
A South African woman, whose husband and mother-in-law were murdered five years ago in New Orleans, has unveiled a handbook for other ”survivors”.
In some countries the media were applauded as patriotic for not reporting on crime, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
South Africa’s fearsome record for robbery, murder and rape may be the single biggest challenge facing organisers of next year’s Soccer World Cup.
A businessman intends offering President Jacob Zuma R1-billion to fight crime, a media report said on Sunday.
Gauteng minister for safety and security Khabisi Mosunkutu on Thursday said crime was “terrorising” the community.
Improved policing will play a critical role in President Jacob Zuma’s administration’s strategy to fight crime, he said on Friday.
The army could be brought in to help the police fight crime, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Sunday.
When I was a young boy, our elders used to regale us with tales of the legends that lived among them.
Fifteen members of the Western Cape’s top crime-fighting unit are being investigated for murder, writes
Pearlie Joubert.
Norah Dyantyi’s life never extended beyond her village, but news of her death reverberated throughout the Eastern Cape.
Nigeria has launched a campaign to improve its battered international image for corruption and crime.