Latest crime statistics reveal a Western Cape still gripped by gang violence and gender-based violence, even as national ...

The latest crime statistics report reveals that there were 5,181 murders in South Africa from January to March 2026, averaging nearly 60 murders per day. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has ...

Another mass shooting has rocked Cape Town, leaving four people dead and a seven-year-old child wounded. Police say three women and a man were shot dead in Wesbank on Saturday night. The child was ...

Two women have been brutally murdered in Cape Town within 48 hours highlight the alarming rise in femicide.

While the country’s murder rate has dropped, police minister Firoz Cachalia says too many South Africans still live in fear, with violence continuing to tear through homes, families and communities ...

A violent weekend across Cape Flats saw 38 people shot or stabbed in gang-related incidents, exacerbating fears within the ...

Cape Town’s Metal Theft Unit made 88 arrests, closed more than 130 scrapyards and bucket shops, and recovered stolen cable ...

Proceedings continued in the murder case of LGBTQ+ Cape Town teen KwaKhanya Mhlanganisi as one accused pursued bail in the ...

A man who used a pit bull to intimidate and rob a resident in Kensington, Cape Town, has been sentenced to six years in jail.

The president says Operation Prosper is showing positive results, but communities on the Cape Flats say the bullets haven’t ...

Genuine public safety intervention or political theatre to manage the City's image during an election year? Politically Aweh digs into the facts, the politics, and the spin behind 'The Great Wall of ...

The Western Cape has recorded reductions in murder, attempted murder, sexual offences, assault and robbery. However, police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile says more needs to be ...