A joint operation between officers in Gauteng and KZN resulted in a shootout that left five CIT heist suspects dead, but many ...

There are more than 2.7 million registered private security officers in South Africa amid fewer than the nation's 150,000 police officers. Associated Press Jan 8, 2024 ...

Earlier this month, KZN police foiled a CIT heist, killing two suspects in the shootout. The suspects were shot dead during a ...

A video capturing police brutality in South Africa has sparked outrage, raising concerns about the conduct of the police security team assigned to protect Deputy President Paul Mashatile.

South Africa is considered more violent than Brazil (26 murders out of 100,000 deaths), Mexico (10), and the US (nearly 6). Honduras leads the crime table with 58 murders.

Crime and violence have long hindered South Africa’s economic potential, but the rise of criminal syndicates targeting key sectors has compounded safety and security issues.. Business forums that ...

The South African police unlawfully used excessive and disproportionate force to disperse student protesters at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on March 10, 2021, killing a bystander.

South Africa’s homicide rate in 2022-23 was 45 per 100,000 people, compared with a rate of 6.3 in the United States and around 1 in most European countries. Advertisement ...

Two men, on right, suspected of driving a stolen vehicle, are handed over to police by private security personal, Anton Koen, left, in a suburb east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Dec. 1 ...

In an indication that police are overwhelmed, local government authorities in the Gauteng province that includes Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, have recently introduced their own crime ...