Policing
Philippi residents beat, stone and burn man to death for robbery
“People are fed up and disappointed with the police and the justice system, and are now forced to take the law into their own hands.”
Brief | 12 January 2026
SAPS is drowning in unsolved dockets
There were 1.9-million unsolved cases by the end of the 2024 financial year
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
News | 12 December 2025
Nkandla villagers demand a police station
Mfongosi Satellite Police Station has been abandoned
News | 4 December 2025
SAPS won’t return to Telkom Towers despite millions spent
The complex was evacuated in February 2024 amid safety concerns
News | 26 November 2025
Orange Farm’s crime fighting patrollers
Community members have lauded efforts by the crime patrollers to make their streets safer, with over 400 people already part of the initiative
News | 24 November 2025
Outrage over police inaction after woman goes missing
Residents tracked down a suspect themselves
Brief | 31 October 2025
School children march for better policing after taxi driver allegedly rapes girl
Tsomo, Eastern Cape, reportedly has only two police vans for the town and 57 villages
Brief | 20 October 2025
Free State protesters demand action on crime
March in Bohlokong to hand over memorandum to police and department of justice
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 16 October 2025
How the size of South Africa’s police force compares to other countries
The country has a growing shortage of detectives
By GroundUp and The Outlier
Charts | 10 October 2025