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Ramaphosa orders GBV case crackdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a nationwide crackdown on unresolved murders, rapes, and sexual offences against women and children, setting strict deadlines for police,…
Bloodbath as 11 people are shot dead in gang-related feud in KwaMakhutha, outside Durban
A devastating mass shooting in KwaMakhutha near Durban has claimed the lives of 11 people, including a pregnant woman, in what police suspect is a gang-related hit.
Why did it take ‘Tsontso’ to make Ekurhuleni’s women's bodies matter?
The discovery of multiple murdered women in Ekurhuleni highlights the stark inequalities and systemic flaws in how South African authorities and media respond to femicide and…
Women pay for leadership failures
Political leaders point to corrupt policing, service delivery failures, and a breakdown in municipal leadership as key drivers behind the rising number of unsolved murders and…
Ninth woman’s body found in Dawn Park as Ekurhuleni deaths raise alarm
The discovery of a woman’s body in Dawn Park brings the total number of women found dead across Ekurhuleni to nine since July, intensifying community fear and police…
Sixth woman’s body found in Ekurhuleni as fear grows among residents
A sixth woman's body has been discovered in Ekurhuleni, intensifying fears among residents and prompting widespread calls for increased police presence and visible community…
The numbers are falling but women keep being murdered
Despite a decline in South Africa's overall murder statistics, hundreds of women are still being killed every quarter. Recent tragedies in Kempton Park highlight persistent gaps…
Unpacking Mkhwanazi's many bail applications
Legal experts explain how South African courts evaluate bail when an accused faces multiple charges, following suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi's latest court…
SAPS needs urgent vetting, says organised crime expert
Organised crime expert Mark Shaw has urged the Madlanga commission to recommend an urgent integrity reassessment and vetting process for senior police and justice officials.
'We're prisoners in our own homes'
Westbury residents express deep frustration over relentless gang wars, unfulfilled government promises, and an escalating distrust of police during a Gun Free South Africa…
‘Young Leagues are irrelevant’
Popcru president Thulani Ngwenya has questioned the relevance of the ANC Youth League and the Young Communist League, labelling leaders who fail to challenge the status quo as…
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: Electricity and Energy
SCORE: B+ A remarkable milestone under Ramokgopa’s leadership is an impressive and sustained electricity supply record, with over 196 consecutive days without loadshedding for…
DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape
The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem
For Cape Town – with love and squalor
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
Fraud plagues both public and private sectors, Corruption Watch report shows
Policing receives the most complaints regarding corruption