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As law-enforcement officers struggle to halt the rampant theft of precious metal and copper, often stolen from infrastructure, police have recorded some successes.
Since 2018, 55 of 187 people arrested, have been convicted for the murder of police officials.
Police have arrested nine more people linked to the July unrest last year.
The Hawks are dealing with 22,477 cases with more than 500,000 charges, says Lt-Gen Godfrey Lebeya.
The 2022 African Youth Survey found that 81% of South Africans registered concern about GBV in the country.
Alcohol is still one of the biggest contributors to crime.
Police minister Bheki Cele said the DA should have 'dealt with' John Steenhuisen, claiming the DA leader "abused a junior woman in his office".
In three months, 1,098 women and children were killed in SA.
Murder in SA increased by 11.5% during the first quarter of the 2022/2023 financial year, says police minister Bheki Cele.
Former Rustenburg municipal manager Nqobile Sithole is charged with being in contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act during her tenure from 2017 to 2019.
Ten years after the massacre of 34 people protesting over pay and conditions at their place of work, the government still has not delivered on its promise of housing for the community of Marikana, says Amnesty International SA and the…
Solicitor-general Fhedzisani Pandelani says the litigation between the state and victims of the Marikana massacre will be finalised by the end of the month.
Businesswoman Bongi Ngema-Zuma, social development minister Lindiwe Zulu and defence minister Thandi Modise were among those rubbing shoulders with actors, entertainers and celebrity plastic surgeons at actor Connie Ferguson's foundation…
Transnet Freight Rail and Botswana Railways have agreed to join forces to fix 126km of rail line between Swartruggens and Mahikeng in the North West.
The death was caused by Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a rare disorder where the immune system attacks the body’s nerves.