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Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

Man implicated by slain Witness D survives Boksburg shooting

Wiandre Pretorius was shot at 16 times and walked away unharmed by what police believe was a targeted hit after he was implicated at the Madlanga Commission

Police have detained one of the suspects, who is currently being questioned, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists. (SAPS/X)

Three suspects identified in killing of Madlanga commission’s Witness D

Police have detained one of the suspects, who is currently being questioned, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists

Like US President Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk saw migrants as intruders who must be removed, and the homeless as lazy people. Photo: Schneyder Mendoza/AFP

The fault lines of Charlie Kirk’s socio-political and theological nationalism

The American right-wing Christian nationalist, media personality and ally of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement was shot dead on 10 September

US involvement in the Middle East and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation make the US military base in Qatar a target

Qatar must rethink the US’s Al Udeid Military Air Base

US involvement in the Middle East and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation make the US military base in Qatar a target

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s offensive in Iran breaches the Geneva Conventions

The airstrikes are about more than Iran’s nuclear capacity; they are aimed at the network of supporters of Palestinians’ right to exist

Human rights lawyer Griffiths Mxenge was assassinated on the night of 19 November 1981.

Remembering human rights lawyer Griffiths Mxenge, assassinated 43 years ago

He was killed for fighting for freedom, justice and equality. What would he think of South Africa today?

According to the police, Naude was ambushed by two gunmen. Photo: X

Law group slams attempt on the life of Sars advocate Coreth Naude

Naude, who was investigating a case involving R37 million in unpaid taxes by a prominent businesswoman, survived a shooting in Umhlanga on Thursday

South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack.
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Surge in political assassinations sparks concern ahead of South Africa’s May elections

A total of 131 assassinations in 2023 were related to organised crime, the minibus taxi industry, political assassinations and personal killings

The political strategy of the socialist shack dwellers’ movement is grounded in two decades of activism against oppression and for land  (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Abahlali baseMjondolo’s elections choice comes from no choice

The political strategy of the socialist shack dwellers’ movement is grounded in two decades of activism against oppression and for land

The late uMngeni municipality Chief Whip, Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, who died on 5 December 2023.

Assassinated uMngeni DA councillor knew he was in danger

The municipality has offered a R100 000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of councillor Nhlalayenza Ndlovu’s killers

The Last Afternoon In The Garden |  This is a four-part podcast series produced and presented by Paul McNally for Develop Audio.

The Last Afternoon in the Garden | Episode 4 – What about a conviction?

In this fourth episode of The Last Afternoon in the Garden we go back to the communal garden one last time to reflect on everything that has happened. We seek out experts to try and explain the violence and confront a person from the past who has a different version of events.

The Last Afternoon In The Garden |  This is a four-part podcast series produced and presented by Paul McNally for Develop Audio.

The Last Afternoon in the Garden | Episode 3 – It’s a Dirty War

In this third episode of The Last Afternoon in the Garden we are struck by incredible tragedy, but everyone involved pulls together, gets sensible and builds a strategy so they can win.