Mass shooting in Durban leaves five dead, police suspect drug-related motive
Cape Town – A mass shooting in Durban has resulted in the deaths of five people, and the police... Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Waste collection companies abandon contracts following shooting and threats
Waste is piling up in parts of Philippi after two waste collection contractors have pulled out following shootings and... Read more
14 Jun, 2023
‘There is no God. Why would he allow the murder of my princess,’ says grieving grandma after girl, 3, killed in a drive-by shooting
Cape Town – The grandmother of a three-year-old girl Sadie Govender, who died in a drive-by shooting in Bonela,... Read more
19 Jan, 2023
Artisanal gold mining in South Africa is out of control. Mistakes that got it here
Tracy-Lynn Field, University of the Witwatersrand Illegal and unregulated artisanal gold mining on the Witwatersrand Basin, located south of... Read more
3 Aug, 2022
Mass shootings in South Africa are often over group turf: how to stop the cycle of reprisals
Guy Lamb, Stellenbosch University In just two days in early July, 25 people were shot dead in four separate... Read more
19 Jul, 2022
Three slain in US shooting before passer-by kills gunman, officials say
Washington – A man opened fire at a mall in the US state of Indiana on Sunday killing three... Read more
19 Jul, 2022
‘No go zone’ – Several shootings in SA’s Alexandra spark shutdown
Cape Town – Several shootings in Alexandra, Gauteng have reportedly sparked a shutdown, as the situation is getting tense.... Read more
16 Jul, 2022
South Africans scoff at ’empty’ government promises after massacres
Soweto – From a mobile stage set up in a dusty, derelict soccer field overlooking hundreds of tin shacks,... Read more
12 Jul, 2022
SA police arrest two over weekend bar shooting
Durban – Police in South Africa said on Monday they have arrested two people in connection with one of... Read more
12 Jul, 2022
Bar shootings: ‘We can’t allow violent criminals to terrorise us in this way,’ says Cyril Ramaphosa
Soweto – Nineteen people are dead after armed assailants randomly shot at patrons in two bars in South Africa... Read more
10 Jul, 2022
