Threats, lies and no escape Extortion economy — How syndicates are holding Nelson Mandela Bay to ransom 6 min 0 By Riaan Marais
THIRD-QUARTER STATS Crime levels still ‘unacceptably high’, despite decrease in murders and sexual offences, says Cachalia 5 min 0 By Riaan Marais
SONA DEBATE Joy in Eastern Cape as Ramaphosa extends SANDF deployment 5 min 1 By Suné Payne and Kyran Blaauw
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE Bay gang violence: ‘Our parents are burying us’ say residents, as police downplay crisis 7 min 1 By Kyran Blaauw
LAW ENFORCEMENT AmaPanyaza — peace officers or apartheid-era kitskonstabels on an uneasy legal footing? 6 min 1 By Jean Redpath
SAPS CRISIS ‘Failed police service’ paid R620m for wrongful arrests last year, with R56bn in outstanding claims 7 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
CRIME STATS Decline in murders brings little consolation for victims’ families 10 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen, Suné Payne, Nonkululeko Njilo, Bheki C. Simelane and Naledi Mashishi
VISUAL STORY Caught in the crossfire — 157 children murdered in Cape Flats gang violence in five years 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
QUARTERLY COUNT Murders in SA drop (slightly) — Police release crime figures amid drug cartel infiltration scandal 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
Bhekisisa Mncube Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: Unbloat the Cabinet by reinstating the evergreen Senzo Mchunu 5 min 2 30 October 2025
Bhekisisa Mncube Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: Here’s a workable five-point plan for beating corruption 5 min 5 12 September 2025
Rashied Omar Police minister Cachalia's hopeful engagement with Cape Flats residents 3 min 0 10 September 2025
Paul Hoffman Trajectory favoured by National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council report will end in tears 6 min 0 10 September 2025
Pierre de Vos MK party’s ConCourt challenge to Mchunu’s removal raises important constitutional law issues 6 min 2 21 July 2025
Professor Balthazar The walls of South Africa’s criminal justice system are burning fiercely 4 min 3 17 July 2025
Bhekisisa Mncube Letter to Mahlamba Ndlopfu: My jacaranda tree is a living metaphor for a country in flux 5 min 3 17 July 2025
Paul Hoffman The need to get to grips with the corrupt in our midst is becoming increasingly urgent 7 min 4 20 November 2024
Paul Hoffman Judicial precedent must be followed in setting up anti-corruption measures 6 min 1 3 September 2024
