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Rioters loot the Jabulani Mall in the Soweto district of Johannesburg on July 12, 2021. – South Africa said it was deploying troops to two provinces, including Johannesburg, after unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma led to six deaths and widespread looting. Overwhelmed police are facing mobs who have ransacked stores. Six people have died, some with gunshot wounds, and 219 people have been arrested, according to a police tally issued before the army deployed. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
ZUMAUNREST

Soweto businesses vandalised, robbed as looting and violence spreads

The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members

  • Chris Gilili
4 min read
Most South Africans agree that the country is in a mess and that the ANC must go if there is to be any chance of a second building of a new South Africa.
ANC

Intimidation claims threaten ANC Far North regional conference

ANC branches in the Farth North region in KwaZulu-Natal want an intervention from above to ensure a fair process

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Security guards patrol Prasa rail tracks. Many of the guards who protect the rail agency’s property are employed by outside companies but they would prefer to be permanent employees of Prasa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
JOHANNESBURG

Prasa leaves guards in the cold

Security guards, who face danger while protecting the rail system, will lose their jobs because the agency is ending contracts with providers

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read
AB XUMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Soweto school guard accused of sexual assault abandons bail

​A security guard who allegedly sexually assaulted at least 87 school girls at a Soweto primary school will not be applying for bail

  • Jenni Evans
1 min read
Last week Monday, the CCMA ?stepped in to mediate in the meetings between UNTU and BOC. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
AMCU

Gautrain security guards face retrenchment after a fare hike, unless they waive bonuses

But more than half the guards are standing firm, refusing to sign the waiver.

  • Govan Whittles
4 min read
The Gupta family’s Saxonwold home is a high-pressure environment where the security detail always had to be armed
BOLLYWOOD

[Archives] What the Gupta guards saw: VIPs and bags of cash

They used to provide muscle for the family. Now they’ve opened up about trips to Zuma’s guesthouse, visiting dignitaries and bags of cash.

  • Jessica Bezuidenhout
13 min read
JOHANNESBURG

Pikitup approaches private security for protection

Pikitup has enlisted the help of security guards to protect contract workers who are clearing a backlog of refuse as the four-week strike continues.

  • Siphelele Dludla
3 min read
Judge Piet Koen has set the matter down for 30 January when he will announce whether he will recuse himself.
ASSAULT
Video

Zuma condemns security guards’ assault of woman

President Zuma has condemned a filmed attack by security guards on a woman accused of stealing, saying that all citizens have a right to dignity.

  • Sapa
2 min read
Private security with guns at the ready at Lonmin’s Karee mine in Marikana.
LONMIN PLATINUM

Mine security forces ready to open fire

Mine security forces say they will be relying less on police than they would have before Marikana and be more ready to use deadly force themselves.

  • Phillip De Wet
4 min read
Police fire stun grenade at World Cup guard protest
SECURITY GUARDS

Police fire stun grenade at World Cup guard protest

South African police fired a stun grenade and rubber bullets on Thursday to break up a protest by security guards demanding payment.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Security firms make killing from World Cup
BODYGUARDS

Security firms make killing from World Cup

As the Soccer World Cup nears, tourists and foreign businessmen spooked by South Africa’s crime rate are hiring bodyguards.

  • Charlotte Plantive
3 min read