Crime
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
Police fire stun grenades at PAGAD protesters
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
Legal action looms over Mamelodi Magistrates’ Court construction fiasco
Construction was due to be finished in 2016
News | 1 October 2025
Apex court to hear landmark case on “consent” in sexual offences
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
Chart of the week: Getting guns off the streets
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
Police van crashes into shacks, injures two, and leaves families homeless
The families say SAPS only took their statements a week after the incident
News | 18 September 2025
Gang violence forces Kariega families to abandon their homes
More than 30 homes torched or vandalised as criminals target community leaders and witnesses in a suspected campaign of intimidation
News | 10 September 2025
SANParks deploys “boots on the ground” to deal with crime on Table Mountain
But MPs are not convinced it is enough
By Liezl Human
News | 9 September 2025