Sipho Mahlangu is the Chief Reporter and covers the police, the courts and the crime beat, including the cases that go quiet and the charges that do not hold.
Murders in the Western Cape fell from 1 140 to 1 071 in the April to June quarter, a 6,7% decline. Police recovered 610 illegal firearms over the same three months, and the provincial commissioner says the gun remains the weapon of choice.
The US has admitted more than 13,000 white South Africans under a refugee programme opened in February 2025, while dozens of applicants have received ineligibility letters that cannot be appealed.
