Police will struggle to solve murders and massacres, as well as other crimes, because of corruption, shoddy management, low level officers being promoted and internal divisions in the police service
Murder accused’s twin sister tells court of interacting with the accused two days after the deceased went missing
The journalist is among more than 50 reporters who have died at the hands of the Israeli regime and is remembered for bravely giving a voice to Palestinians
South Africa must deal with the economic sabotage that is keeping the country in the dark
Indian residents deny ‘massacre’ label; black survivors claim violence and orchestration
In the three-month period 6 163 murders occurred, a 20.7% increase from the same period last year, and 9 556 rapes were reported, a rise of 7.1%. The number of sexual offences was 11 964, up 4.7%
Civil society has called for an investigation into King Mswati’s alleged crimes against humanity
Mixed reactions from South Africans as apartheid’s last president, FW de Klerk, dies after battling with cancer
Like so many victims of domestic and gender-based violence, the star Kenyan road runner was killed in her home, robbing her of what seemed like a rosy future in world athletics
‘He was eating something. Then we heard a gunshot go off.’ This is what Tahira Kaldine testified in court on Wednesday at the Nathaniel Julies murder trial
During a media briefing on Tuesday, Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane told journalists that she had fired MEC Mandla Msibi with immediate effect
Family of Cape man who was beaten to death fights Juane Jacobs’s claim that he needs medical parole
Suspects still at large following the execution-style killing of three women aged 17, 20 and 21
Three young women have been shot dead execution-style in one of Cape Town’s gang-riddled communities
About 24 police officers were sent to protect the team investigating murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear
Lawyers seeking R1-billion in damages allege President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone calls and emails in 2012 set the stage for the unlawful killing of 34 miners
The rise in crime levels is reduced to single-figures when compared with stats for 2019
In Nkaneng the memory of the 44 people murdered will not leave the community
Close to a decade after the Marikana massacre, President Cyril Ramaphosa has not visited the survivors as he promised to do, judges have acquitted police officers, children can’t get jobs and lawlessness reigns
The blight on our past and our future must haunt us as much as it haunts the victims left behind
Crematoriums, funeral parlours and cemeteries were forced to close, leaving the families of those who died during the unrest to live with their bodies.
Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates
Last month state prosecutor Greg Wolmarans accused defence lawyers of being ambivalent in presenting their bail application
The second part of an edited extract from Femicide in South Africa (Kwela) by Nechama Brodie lists the names of black lesbians who were murdered, allegedly because of their sexual orientation
As Nafiz Modack and his co-accused wait to hear if they will be granted bail, the court dismissed another application to drop certain charges against them.
The businessman and alleged underworld figure claims he is ‘severely prejudiced’ by his ‘lack of knowledge’ of the charges against him
The state alleges Modack ‘managed’ illegal operations between October 2019 and September 2020
Zane Kilian has been denied further information into the charges against him, which include murder, unlawful interception of communications and fraud
Judge says appellant’s evidence ‘riddled with improbabilities and untruths’ and defence failed to prove any exceptional circumstances that would allow bail under schedule six charges
Alleged underworld figure and three others have been arrested on multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit murder and murder of a police officer.
Substance abuse has emerged as a reason for the spike in crimes during the first quarter of 2021.
Nafiz Modack is the second person to be charged with killing Charl Kinnear and five others are accused of conspiracy to commit murder, among 61 other charges