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The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party has asked the electoral court to hear oral evidence in its application to have the results of last year’s national and provincial elections set aside.
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IT expert faces dismissal, death threats over role in MK party election challenge

Vusi Mhlongo has been charged with bringing the Moses Kotane Research Institute into disrepute

Deadly: Tiffiney Carolisen (in red) leads a march in Delft after her sister, Aqeelah Schroeder, was killed in 2022. Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images

Murder spikes as Delft gangs target child recruits

Gang-related deaths totalled 23 in the first 18 days of September

​Data-driven safety plan aims for rapid violent crime prevention in the Western Cape

SAPS bungle farm murder cases as much as other investigations

Priority must be given to crime detection and intelligence work, not just visible policing

Truck drivers forum denies planned national shutdown

Following the truck attacks over the past two weeks, police remain on high alert

Commuters using minibus taxis will not see tariff increases just yet as taxi associations refrain from fare increases despite rising fuel costs.

Bolt suspends pick-ups at Soweto Mall amid renewed taxi wars

On Thursday night, metered-taxi drivers allegedly attacked e-hailing operators at designated pick-up and drop zones near Maponya Mall

In the dock: Senohe Matsoare, a former G4S employee, appears in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court on April 11 after it was alleged that insiders assisted in the escape of rapist and murderer Thabo Bester from the Mangaung prison. Photo: Mlungisi Louw/Gallo Images

Thabo Bester is back, but who will keep him behind bars?

What would have happened if nobody had blown the whistle on the escape

Last year, former police minister Bheki Cele tabled an amendment bill meant to enhance the operational independence of Ipid and broaden its mandate to investigate serious crimes committed by police officers, regardless of whether they were on duty. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

South Africa struggles to limit human trafficking – USAID report

South Africa under-reports human trafficking cases and is poor at apprehending perpetrators

More than 9 000 guns are reported stolen or missing every year. (Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Stolen, missing firearms trigger South Africa’s high murder rate

Some argue that legal guns are not the problem and the police service must find a way to recover 9 000 guns stolen and lost every year

A passenger minivan tows a trailer loaded with goods near the border crossing with Zimbabwe, near Musina, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A bus trip from Zimbabwe to South Africa is through the belly of corruption

The broken Zimbabwe economy and political system are too much of a push factor for xenophobia and Aaron Motsoaledi to stop people seeking refuge in Mzansi

Kagiso residents have turned violent against illegal miners.

Kagiso residents turn violent, assault people accused of illegal mining, crime

One person was killed, while others were stripped naked and beaten by groups, who also barricaded roads and searched abandoned mines