Anti-crime activists warn that the Eastern Cape is becoming South Africa's kidnapping capital, following a series of alarming ...

Violent crime in South Africa has consistently been highly concentrated in a small number of urban areas. For example, 20% of ...

Activists warn that the recent elimination of gang leaders in Cape Town has led to a dangerous power vacuum, resulting in ...

Emaan Fatima’s abduction has sparked alarm over the rising trend of kidnappings in the Eastern Cape, with activists calling ...

The City of Tshwane is grappling with the proliferation of hijacked buildings, which has led to crumbling infrastructure and ...

According to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, South Africa's murder rate of 45 per ... We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC.

According to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, South Africa's murder rate of 45 per 100,000 (2023/24) is the second highest for countries that publish crime data. The South African ...

South Africans are questioned what is going on in Delft after three people were shot and then set alight in what police are ...

The young girl was found near the Inyibiba Police Station in the early hours of Wednesday, 12 February, marking the end of a ...

The murder rate for South Africa was estimated to be 31.92 for 2010/2011 which reduced to 30.9 for 2011/20123 On closer scrutiny and considering the behaviour-over-time effect, the number of murders ...

South Africa can learn from El Salvador, which changed from the “murder capital of the world” to having one of the lowest murder rates globally. South Africa’s crime statistics revealed that ...