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South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack. (Cornel van Heerden/Gallo)
GENERAL ELECTION 2024

Surge in political assassinations sparks concern ahead of South Africa’s May elections

A total of 131 assassinations in 2023 were related to organised crime, the minibus taxi industry, political assassinations and personal killings

  • Lyse Comins
6 min read
Graphic: John McCann
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION

South Africans are gatvol with corruption, but also guilty of graft

A significant portion of respondents in a Corruption Watch study have given gifts to and done favours for police officers, prosecutors and other officials This content is…

  • Lyse Comins
1 min read