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Slain top cop blamed for not cooperating with police

National Eunice Stoltz - 23 Feb 2021

The widow of Charl Kinnear submitted a petition to parliament to find out why protection services were withdrawn before her husband’s assassination

Man accused of top cop’s murder is back in the dock

National Eunice Stoltz - 2 Feb 2021

Bail application proceedings into murder-accused Zane Kilian are expected to resume today after many delays last year.

We need answers about the Vrede dairy project

Opinion Ike Moroe - 11 Dec 2020

On Ace Magashule’s watch, speaking out has cost more than a few whistleblowers their lives

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

Opinion Atilla Kisla - 6 Nov 2020

The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971

The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion

National Khaya Koko & Oupa Nkosi - 29 Oct 2020

Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live with every day

Real action on gender-based violence a pipe dream as women die every day

National Athandiwe Saba, Sarah Smit & M&G Data Desk - 27 Aug 2020

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.

Extract: ‘These Are Not Gentle people’ by Andrew Harding

Friday Andrew Harding - 20 Aug 2020

‘These Are Not Gentle People’ is an account, by Andrew Harding, the BBC correspondent in South Africa, of a murder in Parys, in the Free State, and what happened next. This extract is the book’s first chapter

No justice yet for Viwe Dalingozi

National Vukani Mde - 14 Aug 2020

The wheels of justice rolled once more in the murder case against the boyfriend who allegedly set her on fire — only for it to be postponed again

Hachalu Hundessa’s murder sparks unrest in Ethiopia

Africa Zecharias Zelalem - 1 Jul 2020

The singer was a political activist, using his music to advocate for the rights of the Oromo

Dancer and queer rights activist Kirvan Fortuin’s final farewell

Friday Carl Collison - 1 Jul 2020

The slain dancer and choreographer was so much more than an internationally celebrated artist. They were also a proud queer rights activist and a beloved child and friend

A murder in Congo

Africa Marta Tveit - 29 Jun 2020

What does the decade-old “Congo-case,” involving two Norwegian mercenaries, tell us about residue coloniality in Scandinavia?

Raising men to handle romantic rejection can diminish violence against women

Opinion Siwaphiwe Myataza - 25 Jun 2020

The problem is that men see a break-up as a challenge to their masculinity and would rather get even than get over it

Nine months later and still no suspects in Eastern Cape village rape and murder case

National Athandiwe Saba - 24 Jun 2020

Aviwe Wellem’s violent death shook a village in the Eastern Cape, but the DNA results are still not back and no one has been arrested.

The journalist who was shot in cold blood

Africa Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - 18 Jun 2020

Ahmed Divela was one of Ghana’s most fearless investigative journalists. This edited excerpt about his killing is from Faces of Assassination

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

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Slain top cop blamed for not cooperating with police

Man accused of top cop’s murder is back in the dock

We need answers about the Vrede dairy project

João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty

The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion

Real action on gender-based violence a pipe dream as women die every day

Extract: ‘These Are Not Gentle people’ by Andrew Harding

No justice yet for Viwe Dalingozi

Hachalu Hundessa’s murder sparks unrest in Ethiopia

Dancer and queer rights activist Kirvan Fortuin’s final farewell

A murder in Congo

Raising men to handle romantic rejection can diminish violence against women

Nine months later and still no suspects in Eastern Cape village rape and murder case

The journalist who was shot in cold blood

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

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