# Statistics South Africa director Boitumelo Mooketsi says consumer fraud is the second most prevalent crime, affecting 566-thousand individuals across 811-thousand incidents, with 35-percent reported to police. Meanwhile, assault impacted an estimated 363-thousand individuals, 54-percent of whom reported it. Nearly half of female victims cited a spouse or intimate partner as the perpetrator:
# Statistics South Africa’s Governance, Public Safety and Justice Survey indicates that housebreaking remains the most prevalent crime in the country. Director Boitumelo Mooketsi reports 1.5-million incidents affected 1.1-million households in 2024-25, with 43-percent reported to police. She revealed that home robbery was the second most common, impacting 213-thousand households, often involving firearms:
# Statistician General Risenga Maluleke has revealed a 55.3-percent surge in sexual offences. Households that experienced housebreaking decreased by one-percent, and murders dropped by 11.9-percent. Presenting the Victims of Crime Report in Pretoria, Maluleke said the survey includes unreported crimes often missing from police data. About 73-thousand households reported sexual offences in the past five-years, […]
# The bail application of businessman Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala has been postponed to the 2nd of September at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Phindi Mjonondwane told Newzroom Afrika the postponement was requested to finalise the centralisation of seven dockets across different jurisdictions. She also confirmed that the case against Matlala, […]
# The Constitutional Court has dismissed the Lungu family’s application for a direct appeal against a full bench judgment affirming the Zambian government’s right to repatriate former President Edgar Lungu for a state funeral. The court found that the family had not made a sufficient case for a direct route, meaning the established legal process […]
# Businessman and philanthropist Collen Mashawana has filed an urgent application in the Gauteng High Court to stop the Daily Maverick from publishing further reports linking him to alleged corruption at the Independent Development Trust. The case names journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh as a respondent. The case follows revelations in Malaka’s Mansion, which detailed payments by […]
# RISE Mzansi, the GOOD Party, and Build One South Africa are in discussions to merge ahead of the 2026 local government elections. According to BOSA spokesperson Roger Solomon, the parties have been engaging for some time now. This includes other parties and formations to broaden the initiative’s base. The coalition seeks to prioritise service […]
# Deputy national police commissioner for crime detection, Shadrack Sibiya, has requested the courts to appoint a full bench to hear his application to return to work. Sibiya was placed on special leave following explosive allegations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of corruption in the justice system. This morning, the Madlanga Commission announced a […]
# The Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry, tasked with investigating allegations of political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system, will not start on September 1st as planned. This is due to issues with the procurement of vital infrastructure by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Commission chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga says regrettably, a […]
