Every day South Africa sees about 50 killings, but the startling statistic masks enormous differences among violent crimes, which rarely affect tourists.
Growing numbers of mostly white South Africans, who moved to Australia so that their children could play on the streets, are re-packing for Pretoria.
The men who attacked and raped one of two women paramedics who were attending to a burnt toddler had behaved like animals, President Jacob Zuma said.
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/ 23 February 2010
SA police are investigating the disappearance of a German executive who went missing three weeks ago while on a business trip to the country.
Solidarity’s anti-crime campaign saw President Jacob Zuma receive a letter in his inbox every six seconds on Monday morning.
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/ 27 January 2010
South African Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Tuesday sought to allay fears about crime in the country during the Soccer World Cup.
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/ 15 January 2010
Ermelo has come up with an innovative solution to ease the trauma of crime-hit tourists
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/ 30 December 2009
Captain Michelle Pitout — killed during a housebreaking investigation — had bravely given her life to policing, said police Commissioner Bheki Cele.
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/ 3 December 2009
Murders have declined by 30% in South Africa since 1994 — but perceptions of high crime levels remain.
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/ 2 December 2009
The number of active private security officers increased 167% between 1997 and 2007, the SA Institute of Race Relations said on Wednesday.
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/ 30 November 2009
Soccer World Cup organising head Danny Jordaan on Monday described South Africa’s safety record in hosting major sports events as ”second to none”.
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/ 17 November 2009
New data shows the rot has set in at the SAPS and the government appears unconcerned about the most fundamental problems, the DA says.
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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.