Public Safety

South Africa Bottom Of The Class For Road Safety? Here’s Why This Isn’t True

In an average year, 1.35 million people die on the world’s roads and another 50 million are seriously injured. Most (93%) of the deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries, and sub-Saharan Africa is the global hotspot in the road ...

Lee Randall ·about 3 years ago

Support the Police to make South Africa a safer place

Like all government departments, the South African Police Service is feeling the effects of the country’s fiscal crisis, several years of understaffing and state capture

President Cyril Ramaphosa·over 1 year ago

South Africa’s deadly July 2021 riots may recur if there’s no change

Last July South Africa was hit by a wave of devastating violence that left over 350 people dead and caused massive economic damage. Different people have used different terms to describe what happened: civil unrest, looting, food riots...

Sandy Africa-Associate Professor, Political Sciences,University of Pretoria·almost 2 years ago