SA’s largest crude-oil refinery‚ Sapref‚ has shut down operations amid the ongoing violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The refinery‚ in the South Durban Basin‚ sent out an alert on Tuesday citing force majeure linked to the violence‚ which started…
Hundreds of EFF supporters marched towards Brackenfell High School in Cape Town on Friday November 20 2020, a sequel to their protest last week against alleged racism at the institution. When EFF members tried to break through police…
The propensity for violence in our community, whether from strangers or people we know, is frightening and disturbing. Just weeks apart, there have been three horrific incidents in Ndlambe. Shortly after two separate panga attacks at the…
The Democratic Alliance has condemned the violent attacks against racehorses at the Fairview Racecourse in Nelson Mandela Bay. “The invasion of the racecourse by between 150 and 200 people, and subsequent alleged attacks on the horses,…
Colonel Priscilla Naidu sent out the following statement this afternoon. “Angry protestors harm racehorses at stables in Port Elizabeth” “A mob of about 150-200 protestors from the Fairview Informal settlement stormed onto the property of…
Injured, afraid and unable to pick his wife’s limp body off the floor, an elderly Port Elizabeth man set out to find help following a traumatic robbery at their Rowallan Park home at the weekend. David Snyman, 76, did not know then that…
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that violence against women and children must end. Ramaphosa was speaking to the media after visiting the home of 21-year-old Limpopo student Precious Ramabulana‚ who was murdered in her rented…
Violent clashes broke out between police and foreign nationals in Cape Town on October 30 2019. Foreign nationals have been occupying Waldorf Arcade, demanding passage out of a country they no longer feel safe in. Tiso Blackstar Group
In the past few years, South Africa has seen and heard of an escalating amount of school violence incidents from all over SA. We spoke to various people at the forefront of the issue during this investigation to get a better picture and…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been heavily criticised by many South Africans on Twitter‚ following his response to recent victims of gender-based violence‚ general crime and looting of small shops owned by foreign nationals. It is not…
Key findings relevant to South Africa – GPI 2019 South Africa’s ranking: 127 (down 2) in the world, 32 in Sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa has the 26th largest economic cost of violence as percentage of GDP. South Africa is also in the…
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says EFF leader Julius Malema’s call for people to occupy land constitutes “incitement to break the law” and could lead to “anarchy” and violence. Arguing for the NPA‚ advocate Hilton Epstein…
Commuters hitchhiking to and from East London say they are being attacked by taxi drivers who want to force them to use their services instead. Nomahlubi Mapekula‚ from Mthatha‚ said on Monday she was hitchhiking in Southernwood on the N2…
