Crime
Police officers and botanist accused in poaching fraud case
Officer who headed endangered species unit says it’s a “wild-goose chase”
By Liezl Human
Brief | 25 October 2024
Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack in two weeks
On Monday a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked.
Brief | 23 October 2024
Stop the killing and intimidation of whistleblowers, demand activists
Hundreds of people gathered at the Union Buildings four years to the day since environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was murdered
News | 23 October 2024
Promised land is a battleground: inside a Cato Manor informal settlement
Murder and fear stalk eKhenana shack dwellers
By Greg Arde
Feature | 22 October 2024
Crime statistics: who are we to believe?
SAPS and Stats SA figures are wildly different
Analysis | 22 October 2024
Government losing 1,800 firearms a year to criminals
Firearm-related murders in South Africa have risen to 34 per day
News | 18 October 2024
Understanding the High Court ruling on rape and consent
Minister of Justice opposed the case to have “defence of subjective consent to rape” scrapped
Law | 14 October 2024
About 100 people march in Khayelitsha against gun crimes and extortion
Crime involving firearms and extortion has prevented the municipality, Eskom and SASSA from providing essential services
News | 14 October 2024
Western Cape town “held to ransom” by cable theft syndicate
Repeated extended blackouts as electricity poles are cut down and cables stolen
News | 10 October 2024