Government classifies GBV and femicide a national disaster, but it’s unclear what policies will follow from this
Ashraf Hendricks, Ihsaan Haffejee, Ishmael Mabena, Johnnie Isaacs, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 21 November 2025
A local resident has now turned her own four-room home into a safehouse for many women in Beaufort West who have nowhere to go
News | 21 November 2025
Residents tracked down a suspect themselves
Brief | 31 October 2025
Tsomo, Eastern Cape, reportedly has only two police vans for the town and 57 villages
Brief | 20 October 2025
Spaza shops and other small businesses have decided to close
Brief | 20 October 2025
March in Bohlokong to hand over memorandum to police and department of justice
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 16 October 2025
“Tell your people, the children that are being shot … it must come to an end”
Brief | 13 October 2025
They are demanding the immediate resignation of Vice Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu
Brief | 10 October 2025
Residents say these fights have become more violent with the use of dangerous weapons like garden shears, machetes and sticks
News | 9 October 2025
Residents of Cloetesville in Stellenbosch march to the homes of alleged drug dealers to demand an end to gang violence
Photo Essay | 6 October 2025
Construction was due to be finished in 2016
News | 1 October 2025
The Embrace Project wants the Constitutional Court to confirm a high court ruling that found provisions in the Sexual Offences Act unconstitutional
News | 22 September 2025
Nearly 22,000 guns were confiscated over the past five years. Almost 7,000 confiscated guns were linked to murder cases.
Text by Zora Hollie. Graph by The Outlier.
Charts | 19 September 2025
The families say SAPS only took their statements a week after the incident
News | 18 September 2025
More than 30 homes torched or vandalised as criminals target community leaders and witnesses in a suspected campaign of intimidation
News | 10 September 2025
But MPs are not convinced it is enough
By Liezl Human
News | 9 September 2025