Stats SA finds 46.6% of South Africans took precautions against crime in 2025/26; fewer than 4 in 10 feel safe walking alone after dark, survey shows.
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia and SAPS leaders will present April–June 2026 crime statistics in Pretoria at midday. IOL reports on prior quarter trends.
Funeral body calls for decisive action after complaints that men have been masturbating on graves at Wick Street Local Cemetery in Verulam since January.
eThekwini will reduce bulk water supply from 6:00 on 19 Aug to 18:00 on 21 Aug 2026 while contractors prepare the Southern Aqueduct pipeline upgrade. Residents...
EFF provincial secretary Moshe Koma says Johannesburg’s crime should be tackled as criminality, not framed by nationality, and calls for accountability in immigration and municipal departments.
MMC Moshe Koma urges Johannesburg residents to prepare for very cold weather, possible snowfall in elevated areas and to take precautions against fires and carbon monoxide.
Johannesburg has woken to a bitterly cold morning, with possible snowfall and more than 2 000 electricity outages adding to concerns across the city. The weather...
An e-hailing driver has gone viral after dashcam footage showed him resisting an attempted robbery in Gauteng on 8 August. Crime activist, journalist Yusuf Abramjee shared the...
Johannesburg attorney Alex Soleil Van Heerden, 26, has been found safe after a kidnapping scare outside her Northcliff home on Wednesday, 5 August. The confirmation came...
Many everyday actions in Johannesburg can breach municipal and national rules. Here are common offences from public urination to unpermitted trading and who enforces them.