3+ day, 49+ min ago   (592+ words) Home » Loot leaderboard: What South Africa’s sticky fingers fancy most Looting has a surprising new target in South Africa, with wigs and hair extensions topping a list of stolen imports. Loot has found a rather unexpected place in South Africa’s…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (559+ words) Home » 60 lives a day lost: South Africa’s map of violence hotspots Violence kills almost 60 South Africans daily, with firearms, public spaces, alcohol and hotspots shaping the country’s murder map. Violence in South Africa has its own kind of geography, and…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (415+ words) Ndodana Tshuma, wanted in the UK for the murder of his wife and two children, has pleaded guilty to gun and immigration charges in Johannesburg. Ndodana Tshuma has pleaded guilty to illegal firearm and immigration charges at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (510+ words) Home » Zero alcohol level: Why all drivers may soon need to abstain Zero alcohol level could soon become South Africa’s driving rule, as government moves to tighten laws and tackle road deaths. A zero alcohol level could soon become the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (626+ words) Home » CCTV cameras: May your neighbour’s point into your private yard? Can your neighbour’s CCTV camera ‘see’ into your yard? South African law protects privacy, but security needs can affect cameras positions. “Good fences make good neighbours,” wrote Robert Frost,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (360+ words) Home » When are South Africans at the greatest risk of falling victim to crime? New Stats SA data reveals an alarming mid-year surge in burglaries and muggings, with June being South Africa’s most dangerous seasonal crime peak While crime remains…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (459+ words) Home » South Africa logs ONE farm murder as non-fatal attacks drop Official SAPS data records just one farm murder nationwide between April and June 2026, as non-fatal rural attacks fell to four. Between April and June 2026, South Africa recorded just one…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (465+ words) Home » Cape Town precinct knocks Durban rival off the top of South Africa’s murder rankings Mfuleni, in the City of Cape Town, has officially displaced KwaZulu-Natal’s Inanda as the South Africa’s deadliest policing area. Mfuleni police station, in the Western…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (514+ words) Home » The South African case that echoes the Lindsay Clancy tragedy Lauren Dickason’s story shocked New Zealand and South Africa alike, and it raises the same hard questions the Lindsay Clancy trial is asking right now about mothers, mental illness…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (515+ words) Home » South African expat sentenced to 12 years in US prison for child sex-abuse crimes Marcell Meyer faces deportation to South Africa upon release from United States federal prison. A former KwaZulu-Natal resident, Marcell Meyer, has been sentenced to 12 years in…...