Walking through a darkened street can feel unsettling anywhere, really. The way shadows lengthen, streetlights flicker, ...

Although SAPS’ latest crime statistics for the second quarter of 2025 show an overall decrease in crime across major ...

South African authorities have dismantled a human trafficking and visa fraud syndicate operating at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport, marking a ...

South Africa is to deport 16 Bangladeshi nationals who arrived in the country on Friday with fake visas, officials said. The Bangladeshis had arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on an Ethiopian ...

City Power, the entity that keeps Johannesburg’s lights on, is R20bn in the red and spends at least R2bn more than it ...

The Department of City MMC for Public Safety led a raid on a hijacked home on 4 December 2025. 40 foreign nationals renting ...

Hundreds of women wearing black have gathered in a Johannesburg park to protest gender-based violence in South Africa.

JOHANNESBURG—What does it look like when a city stops trying? Visit Johannesburg, where instead of providing basic public services, the government just warns residents not to expect them. PREMIUM ...

The Usindiso fire might have long been extinguished, but more than two years later, the survivors of the blaze are still suffering. Many of the hundreds of residents of the Usindiso building in ...

Johannesburg’s water and electricity infrastructure is collapsing, with large parts of the city experiencing regular outages. The city is also struggling with a decaying road network, deteriorating ...

As the City of Johannesburg accelerates cleanup efforts in preparation for the highly anticipated G20 leaders’ summit scheduled for November, residents remain wary about persistent safety issues in ...

JOHANNESBURG - Crime Intelligence chief financial officer, Philani Lushaba, remains a focal point of several ongoing investigations into the embattled unit. Lushaba appeared in the Pretoria Regional ...