Crime
In photos: Thousands protest to end violence against women
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
GBV victims travel nearly 200km to reach nearest state shelter
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
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
Three spaza shopkeepers shot by extortionists in Phillipi
Spaza shops and other small businesses have decided to close
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
Hanover Park residents threaten gangsters outside their homes
“Tell your people, the children that are being shot … it must come to an end”
Brief | 13 October 2025
Historic Fort Hare buildings torched during student protests
They are demanding the immediate resignation of Vice Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu
Brief | 10 October 2025
Teen initiation fights: police probe attempted murder charges
Residents say these fights have become more violent with the use of dangerous weapons like garden shears, machetes and sticks
News | 9 October 2025