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Lizette Lancaster

Crime rates show hopeful decline — Is South Africa turning the corner on violence?

South Africa

Crime rates show hopeful decline — Is South Africa turning the corner on violence?

By Lizette Lancaster and Chandré Gould

‘Rule with absolute fear’ – organised crime kingpins target witnesses, detectives to deter investigations

South Africa

‘Rule with absolute fear’ – organised crime kingpins target witnesses, detectives to deter investigations

By Vincent Cruywagen

Lives turned upside down by cellphone theft a stark indicator of SA’s public safety and policing gaps

South Africa

Lives turned upside down by cellphone theft a stark indicator of SA’s public safety and policing gaps

By Lizette Lancaster

ISS applauds SAPS arrests of syndicate members targeting LGBTQI community after Cele briefing

South Africa

ISS applauds SAPS arrests of syndicate members targeting LGBTQI community after Cele briefing

By Vincent Cruywagen

‘I know I’m sinning, but it’s for my kids’ – hunger and poverty driving the spike in shoplifting in SA

South Africa

‘I know I’m sinning, but it’s for my kids’ – hunger and poverty driving the spike in shoplifting in SA

By Vincent Cruywagen

SA has the means to reduce societal violence through inclusive policing and dedicated insight

Politics

SA has the means to reduce societal violence through inclusive policing and dedicated insight

By Lizette Lancaster, Jody van der Heyde, Thato Machabaphala and Gareth Newham

South Africa's police must tackle armed robbery as a means of stamping out kidnappings

South Africa

South Africa's police must tackle armed robbery as a means of stamping out kidnappings

By Lizette Lancaster

Western Cape extortions and brutal kidnappings prompt foreign nationals to pack up and go home

South Africa

Western Cape extortions and brutal kidnappings prompt foreign nationals to pack up and go home

By Vincent Cruywagen