Donald Trump’s false narrative of ‘genocide’ against white farmers obscures ways violence blights daily life in country ...

Police are investigating a murder and suspected attempted suicide after a woman from South Africa was found dead on a vessel ...

Is South Africa experiencing a white genocide, or is this political hype? Reports of farm murders have been used in political debates, news coverage, and even international discussions, but what’s ...

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South Africa faces criticism for high murder rates as President Donald Trump highlighted the issue in a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa, urging his government to act against crime.

Last week's murder of South African reggae star Lucky Dube, ... Official statistics show that 52 people are murdered every day in South Africa — an annual murder rate of 43.1 per 100,000 people.

Cash-in-transit heists are one of the most dramatic illustrations of a crime wave that’s shocked even the most hardened South Africans, with murder at a 20-year high.

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s already high murder rate has increased by about 7 percent, prompting the police minister to compare the situation to a “war zone.” Police on Tuesday … ...

South Africa’s murder rate rose to its highest level in nine years as a depleted police force struggled to get to grips with violent crime. The number of homicides increased 7 percent to 20,336 ...

Johannesburg [#image: /photos/590959f6019dfc3494e9f28e] Murder is one of South Africa’s greatest shames. Even after steady declines over the past fifteen years, about fifty people are murdered ...

Violent crime in South Africa has spiked over the past decade after a period when it decreased substantially. There were 27,494 killings in South Africa in the year to February 2023, compared with ...