Crime
Support for men accused of vigilante murder in Lusikisiki
“We are waging a war on crime”
News | 22 November 2018
“Criminals rule this village”
Flagstaff residents demand better policing and tougher action
Brief | 9 November 2018
Immigrant shop owners terrorised in Newcastle
Two shopkeepers murdered in October
Brief | 2 November 2018
Police and MPs blame immigrants, unemployment, gangs, and each other for crime
Much grandstanding, little substance in Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police hearing
By Saam Niami Jalinous and Kim Reynolds
News | 30 October 2018
New Rail Enforcement Unit officers will be armed
All three levels of government co-operate in latest effort to protect Cape Town’s train commuters
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Phathiswa Shushwana
Brief | 29 October 2018
Fear in Bloekombos after ward councillor slain
“I am now scared of being killed because I walk and drive around the township alone,” says Wallacedene councillor
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 October 2018
Gang violence forces temporary shutdown of clinic in Port Elizabeth
Police secure the area
Brief | 18 October 2018
Families who fled Blikkiesdorp ask City for help
A resident claims that crime, not race, is at the root of the conflict
News | 16 October 2018
Magistrate finds that murder of Noxolo Xakeka was not a hate crime
Bongile Joni pleads guilty, sentenced to an effective eight years in prison
By Kim Reynolds
Brief | 11 October 2018