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South Africa has four cities (Nelson Mandela Bay, Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg) included in the top 50 most dangerous cities (defined as cities with a population over 300,000 with the highest murder rates, as reported by The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, a Mexican advocacy group, in its 2023/2024 ranking). [123]
There are tens of thousands of illegal miners in South Africa, with Mr Van Wyk saying they number about 36,000 alone in Gauteng province - the country's economic heartland, where gold was first ...
Others say the root of the problem is the high levels of unemployment and poverty in the country, which force local people in precarious and dangerous work. The South African Police Service ...
WATCH: The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa. ... Illegal mining is a lucrative business across many of South Africa's mining towns. Since December last year, nearly 400 high ...
South African farm attacks (Afrikaans: plaasaanvalle) are violent crimes, including murder, assault and robbery, that take place on farms in South Africa. [1][2][3][4] The attacks target both white and black farmers. [2][3][5][1] The term has no formal legal definition, but such attacks have been the subject of discussion by media and public ...
Terrorism in South Africa. Terrorism in South Africa has not been seen as a significant threat to the security of the state since the end of apartheid. In 1967 the government passed Terrorism Act No 83, defining terrorist activities as acts that "endanger the maintenance of law and order." In 2003, an Anti-Terrorism Bill (Bill 12 of 2003) was ...
The history of gangs in South Africa goes back to the Apartheid era. Many South African gangs began, and still exist, in urban areas. This includes cities like Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg. Cape Town has between 90 and 130 gangs [ 1 ] with the South African Police Service stating a total estimated membership of 100,000.
Basson, Pierre. The Insurance Killer, South Africa's First Recorded Serial Killer. 1903–1906. 9. 9+. Committed suicide to avoid apprehension. Murdered people in Claremont, Cape Town so he could get their life insurance. [5] Brown, John Frank.