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Gauteng experienced a notable 15% decrease in murders and a 9.9% drop in rape cases but kidnapping increased by 1.6% and sexual assault by 5.2%
CAPE TOWN MAGISTRATE COURT

State given more time to finalise indictment in Khayelitsha mass murder case

They are charged with 12 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, several counts of illegal possession of firearms and the illegal possession of ammunition

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Songs such as “Wild Time” conjure up images of industrialisation and nature juxtaposed with one another. (Michael Zagaris/Getty Images)
ARIANA GRANDE

In today’s America plagued by shootings, Woodstock 2.0 unlikely

Major events in America now are not complete without metal detectors ⁠— and the ever-growing paranoia that a gunman could be in the crowd.

  • Maggy Donaldson
4 min read
“I think it’d be very hard to deal if they do violence, I mean, if it’s another Tiananmen Square,” United States President Donald Trump told reporters in New Jersey on Sunday. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg/Getty)
DONALD TRUMP

Trump faces hostility on visits to massacre sites

The US president did not receive warm welcomes from the areas of Ohio and Texas where shootings have taken place

  • Sebastian Smith
3 min read
The New Zealand Media Freedom Committee, which represents the country’s five largest news outlets, said the accused “may attempt to use the trial as a platform to amplify white supremacist and/or terrorist ideology”. (Mark Mitchell/Reuters)
AGENCY

Christchurch accused to face 50 murder charges

Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant will face 50 charges of murder and 39 charges of attempted murder

  • Agency
3 min read