South Africa: The Battle Over Cape Town's Oude Molen and the Meaning of Heritage in SA

The ongoing redevelopment proposals for the Oude Molen Precinct in Cape Town reveal a deeper fault line in South Africa's heritage governance: the uneasy relationship between… Read more »

South Africa: Interpol-Wanted Drug Trafficker Found Working At Constantia Virgin Active As a Personal Trainer

A man, originally from Bulgaria, is listed by the global police organisation Interpol as wanted by Romania for 'trafficking in drugs'. And he's been in Cape Town, offering personal… Read more »

South Africa: Madlanga Hears Crime Intelligence Members Were Complicit in the Murder of Sindiso Magaqa

Witness E testifies at the Madlanga Commission, implicating Crime Intelligence members in the murder of ANC politician Sindiso Magaqa and exposing potential political corruption. Read more »

South Africa: SA's Land Crisis Is Ongoing, Not Historical

The struggle for land in South Africa touches food security, identify and economic equality. For the Land and Accountability Research Centre (Larc), this reality is the driving… Read more »

South Africa: Crime, Cartels and Corruption - The Drug Policy Debate We Refuse to Have in SA

The Madlanga Commission didn't reveal anything new. Communities already know that the war on drugs protects power, not people. Read more »

South Africa: Inside the Joburg Vigilante Group Delivering 'Justice' and Posting It Online in the Absence of Police

Many residents of Orange Farm, Johannesburg, have lost faith in the police. A local group has stepped in to fill the vacuum, taking 'cases', dishing out 'discipline', returning… Read more »

South Africa: Combined Crises - - Ramphosa Decries 26 Murders, While Turmoil Rocks SA Law Enforcement

President Ramaphosa expresses 'sadness' over 26 murders while SA law enforcers battle over accountability in a nation gripped by crime, corruption and community despair. Read more »

South Africa: Hippo Meat Frenzy Ends in Tragedy At Lake St Lucia

Two men have died in the aftermath of the illegal snaring of a hippo in the Imfolozi River floodplain, near the mouth of Lake St Lucia in northern KwaZulu-Natal Read more »

South Africa: Acting Police Minister to Visit Nelson Mandela Bay While Key Units Struggle With Resources

Months of oversight have exposed severe gaps in Nelson Mandela Bay's policing units, from an understaffed anti-gang unit to an ill-equipped Flying Squad. Acting Police Minister… Read more »

South Africa: Joburg's 188 Hijacked Buildings - Nine Years, Seven Court Orders, Only One Eviction

Weeks of raids on hijacked buildings in the Joburg CBD by city departments and the JMPD followed the murder of DJ Warras, creating the impression that Joburg was finally moving… Read more »

South Africa: 'Failed Police Service' Paid R620m for Wrongful Arrests Last Year, With R56bn in Outstanding Claims

The SAPS faces 48,569 civil claims for unlawful arrest and wrongful detention, potentially costing up to R56.7bn. Behind these figures lies a toxic mix of poor training, weak… Read more »

South Africa: 'Almost Entire Gauteng SAPS Works for Cartel' Claims Crime Intelligence Boss Khumalo

Proximity to politicians, law enforcement officers and business leaders ensures criminal cartels thrive, according to South Africa's Crime Intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo, who… Read more »

South Africa: Why We Withdrew Our Article On the Waterkloof Four

A change to the Criminal Procedure Act makes it illegal to name a person who committed a crime while under the age of 18. Read more »

South Africa: Concourt Dismisses NMB Municipality Claim That Parents Should Be Blamed for Toddler Drowning in Broken Drain

The Constitutional Court has dismissed a last-ditch effort by the Nelson Mandela Bay metro to avoid paying damages to a family whose toddler drowned in a broken drain in Kariega.… Read more »

South Africa: Nelson Mandela Bay's Courts Brace for High-Profile Criminal Trials in 2026

From corruption allegations involving senior municipal officials, to claims of organised gun running and murder-for-profit syndicates, Nelson Mandela Bay's courts are set for a… Read more »

South Africa: 'Tweede Nuwe Jaar' Parade Goes Ahead Despite Last-Minute Court Battle

Amid some intense wrangling over venue management and route changes, the Kaapse Klopse are set to prove why the annual parade remains one of the major drawcards on Cape Town's… Read more »

South Africa: Shamila Batohi Drifts Into 2026, Retirement and Choppy Waters Following Nkabinde Inquiry

From refusing to testify at an inquiry instituted at her request, to overseeing a legal settlement for former Cato Manor Unit members, Shamila Batohi's actions as outgoing head of… Read more »

South Africa: Two Suspects Arrested for Murder of DJ Warras Following Police Interrogation

Police have announced that two suspects have been arrested and are set to be charged in connection with the murder of Warrick Stock, popularly known as 'DJ Warras', who was fatally… Read more »

South Africa: Bekkersdal Mass Shooting - Motive Unknown After 9 Killed, Municipality Urges Army Deployment

Fewer than three weeks after a mass shooting at a tavern in Gauteng, another attack in the province, this time in Bekkersdal, has left nine people dead. Read more »

South Africa: After 40 Years, Justice and Dignity Remain Elusive for South Africa Activists Murdered By Apartheid Hit Squad

It has been 40 years since the murder of six South Africans and three Basotho by the Security Police. Only the fate of two of the South Africans is known. Read more »

South Africa: 'DJ Warras' Murdered in Latest Gauteng Shooting to Target Entertainment and Private Security Sector

Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras, has been murdered in a shooting in Gauteng, the latest in a string of killings in the province linked to the entertainment industry and… Read more »

South Africa: Chaos in Legislature As MK Loses Bid to Control KZN

MK MPLs banged their fists on tables, stomped their feet, jabbed their fingers in the faces of police officers and sang Umshini Wami. The legislature was disrupted for more than an… Read more »

South Africa: SA Rules Out Any Boycott of Trump's G20

Vincent Magwenya also suggests local ownership law could be amended to accommodate would-be foreign ICT investors like Starlink. Read more »

South Africa: How International Law Traps SA Women and Their Children in Nightmare Scenarios

Every year, some South African women living overseas become trapped in a cycle of violence: unable to leave abusive partners and return home with their children due to the… Read more »

South Africa: When Women Lie Down, a Nation Must Stand Up - GBV Is a Social Justice Crisis

Gender-based violence is not simply an accumulation of individual crimes; it is a manifestation of structural inequality woven into the fabric of society. It is a social justice… Read more »