State of rail safety report paints a bad picture
There is a lack of safety and security on South Africa’s rail network with 3,990 operational occurrences and 9,268 security-related incidents recorded between April 2018 and March 2019.
Crime
Bus commuters welcome deployment of law enforcement on buses
The City of Cape Town has deployed auxiliary law enforcement officers to improve the security of commuters on buses.
#TotalShutDown protest highlights gender-based violence and poor policing
The #TotalShutDown protest in Cape Town blocked roads a year after first attempting to stop traffic to highlight violence in communities, poor policing and a lack of service delivery.
Cape Town precincts lead SA’s most murderous
The ‘latest’ crime statistics reveal that the murder rates are up and are concentrated in a few urban stations.
Xenophobia: time for cool heads to prevail in Nigeria and South Africa
The latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa have ignited the long-standing tensions between the country and Nigeria. These are captured in the retaliatory attacks on South African businesses […]
Night of looting a big cost to workers
The future of the grocery store that was looted and burned on Saturday night in Samora Machel is uncertain and its employees might lose their jobs.
Ramaphosa breaks his silence on gender-based violence
Protestors say that the promises that the President made are not enough to deal with the scourge of gender-based violence.
Gugulethu residents march for health and safety
The Movement for Change and Social Justice joined with Realistic, Gugulethu Development Forum and Gugulethu Progressive Development Forum to march to various government entities around the township to deliver their memorandum of demands for better services.
CWAO offices trashed and burned
The offices of a labour support organisation, the Casual Workers Advice Office, were some of the buildings that were trashed and burned as a wave […]
Makhaza residents still waiting for own police station
Insecurity in Khayelitsha as police dawdle in their duties and leave the Neighbourhood Watch without support.
In the US, big banks are divesting from private prisons, thanks to anti-ICE activism
Major private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group stand to lose 72 percent — about US$1.9 billion — of their private financing as major banks […]
South Africa’s rape kit crisis
The shortage of rape kits at police stations around the country shows that the police are ill-equipped to combat violence against women.
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