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Economic Freedom Fighters commander-in-chief, Julius Malema. Photo: @EFFSouthAfrica

I will never retreat from my ideas,” Malema says as sentencing is postponed to April

The EFF leader told supporters he would not abandon his ideas

Guns are used in 35% of the murders of women

Editorial: SA must deal with gun violence

Ending gun violence requires a pragmatic approach that includes collaboration between the police and communities

Members of the public have complained about bodyguards carrying high-calibre weapons in restaurants, churches, shopping centres and townhouse complexes.

Private security armed but unaccountable: New regulations seek to change that

Strengthened oversight of South Africa’s uncontrolled private security industry will be welcome.

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

New Eastern Cape massacre sparks urgent calls for action on gun violence

The latest mass shooting, which left six people dead in Qumbu, follows the killing of 18 people in the province last month This content is restricted to registered users and…

The 29th of September 2024, when 18 lives were taken in Lusikisiki, is the latest chapter in a heartbreaking and relentless story of violence. Photo: SAPS

Gun violence: Lusikisiki massacre is a wake-up call

The government needs to take urgent action to cut the number of illegal guns in circulation and enforce gun-control laws

South African police carry out a large-scale operation in the Westbury area of Johannesburg. (File photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Westbury precarity: an urgent call for action amid rising gun deaths

Coloured community’s cries for help to end violence, poverty and unemployment continue to be ignored by the government, while the police minister sends in more guns

Dulcie September was aware that she was in danger, but refused to obey orders from the ANC to leave France. (Robben Island/Mayibuye Archive)

Doccie asks why Dulcie was killed

Chipping away at the mystery around Dulcie September’s death may eventually reveal the truth

Students hold signs during a march and rally at the Texas State Capitol demanding gun safety measures to protect schools. (Jon Herskovitz/Reuters)

Trump panel recommends guns in schools to keep US students safe

The commission rejected calls to increase the minimum age required for gun purchases

Milisuthando (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

What is normal in a big, bad world?

"I felt compassion for the fact that they are cops in Johannesburg and, to them, this is a normal way to treat another human".

The way it is: Donald Glover

Childish Gambino shows us America

‘This is America’ comes amid the world’s leisurely smartphone view of the United States’ ongoing political and cultural pandemonium.

According to Mr Mshayi aircraft passengers are all issued slippers

Gun economics in Trump’s America

Students in over 800 cities and towns are calling for tougher gun control laws in the United States, demanding an end to gun violence