Violence
Taxi strike shuts down Durban city centre
Customers and shop owners hide out of fear of looting and teargas
Brief | 30 March 2016
Nigerians expelled from Western Cape town
Fourteen people flee Wolseley after crowd marches against them, loots their shops, and accuses them of murder and drug-dealing
News | 4 March 2016
Frustrated Tsunami residents set vehicles alight
Protesters blame City for refusing to allow electricity to be supplied to the area
News | 2 March 2016
Man alleges homophobic assault by Shoprite security guard
A man claims to have been physically and verbally assaulted by a security guard in Site C’s Shoprite.
News | 15 January 2016
Khayelitsha residents march against violence
Khayelitsha residents took to the streets on Friday as part of a Social Justice Coalition (SJC) campaign to mark the 16 days of protest against violence against women and children.
Siyavuya Khaya
Brief | 7 December 2015
Mitchells Plain marches against violence
About 150 people from Mitchells Plain, supported by many organisations, marched against gender-based violence to start the annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign.
Ashraf Hendricks
News | 25 November 2015
How Willowvale women live in fear of rape
Willowvale resident No-Italy Gola, 54, used a machete to fight off the man who tried to rape her. Many other women have not managed to thwart their attackers in this town where at least two rapes are reported to the police each week.
Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 11 November 2015
SAPS twice as lethal as US police
In a feature titled The Counted, The Guardian is keeping track of the number of people killed by police action in the United States. “US police kill more in days than other countries do in years,” says The Guardian. We wondered how the police in South Africa compare.
GroundUp Staff
Analysis | 10 June 2015
Cape Town foreigners uneasy after Durban attacks
Authorities in Cape Town will “not just stand by” and watch if xenophobia spreads to the city again, says J P Smith, mayoral committee member for safety and security. But foreigners living in the city are nervous.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 16 April 2015