Grindr has said it was “acutely aware of this deeply troubling situation” happening in Jozi, referring to the kidnapping of a 22-year-old man who was lured using the dating app.
A police investigation has now reportedly found that they “did not tell the truth and didn’t say what actually happened that morning”.
A British long-distance runner, Tom Evans, has announced his withdrawal from the forthcoming RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town race after becoming the latest victim in the scourge of Table Mountain attacks.
“Safety is a top priority for the City, with over 4,000 uniformed enforcement and emergency personnel available in shifts as part of the City’s largest ever safety deployment over a festive season.”
It is alarming to think that between April 2022 and March 2023, more than 27,000 South Africans were slain.
The man who pleaded guilty to killing and then dismembering his Bellville neighbour was sent for a psychiatric assessment before sentencing and it seems South Africa has another psychopath in the docks.
The level of crime in South Africa is so ludicrous that even professional rescuers get robbed.
Witnesses to the horrific stabbing of a female student at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) on Saturday morning have been left traumatised.
The siege on foreign visitors trying to navigate Cape Town is getting ridiculous now.
Two childcare workers in America were arrested after video footage surfaced that showed them holding ‘toddler fight clubs’ in a daycare centre.
The conflict between Israel and Hamas seems to have spilt over into all the corners of the globe.
This story of a 40-year-old NHS surgeon who was killed in South Africa on August 3 is gut-wrenching.
The unusual sentence handed down to the 27-year-old is allowed for in law, and as in this case, is reserved for mothers who have infants in their care.
South Africa’s favourite parody musician and all-round nice guy was the victim of a robbery right before a show scheduled to take place in Detroit, USA.
One of the robbers wanted to shoot Lucas after grabbing his phone but decided against it after he begged for his life.
Of course the whole thing is super fake, and even if the claims of 6283% returns don’t set alarm bells ringing, the old-school Kung-Fu lip-sync should.
An unfortunate number of visitors are greeted by the brutal reality of South Africa’s crime before even setting foot into their hotel.
After about four hours of begging the woman to open a window or release the dogs, the SPCA officers became gatvol of her idiocy and decided to smash the windows.
A Centurion fella was cycling among a group of 12 other cyclists on Saturday morning when he was brutally attacked and left for dead.
The kids are definitely not alright.
The only silver lining in this circus seems to be the silver trim your town’s municipal manager is putting on his new Mercedes.
The now infamous ‘mushroom lady’ hosted a killer weekend family lunch in her Australian country home, and has just been charged with murder.
Los Angeles couple Jason and Kate Zoladz were en route to Cape Town International Airport on Tuesday, 24 October, when Google Maps made them take a turn for the worst.
She posed as a ‘cool mom’ but was luring children into her home, ploughed them with an alarming amount of alcohol and laughing when boys sexually assaulted intoxicated girls.
A London court official called it a “politically motivated attack” driven by “anger and resentment” on the part of the knife-wielding ‘incel’.
There is grief, but there is also the urgent reckoning with the questions of how to keep women safe from the hands of abusive men.
Shame, this guy probably really believes he is a doctor.
Limpopo police issued a warning to shop owners after the Tafelkop Mall was looted by a group of armed guys masquerading as members of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
Authorities were forced to deploy helicopters and other extra security after the nephew of a criminal leader of the largest militia group in the state was gunned down.
The video shows a man with a hard hat and blue overalls at the Chinese beer factory in Pingdu climbing down into a malt container, unzipping his pants, and letting go.