Human trafficking, cybercrime, drug routes and wildlife poaching are surging as South Africa becomes a regional crime hub

In collaboration with crooks, political mafias have emerged in which private fortunes are being built on plundered public wealth

More than 700 cases related to criminal gangs disrupting construction sites have been reported over the past five months

Also known as the construction mafia, they may even include engineering procurement construction management (EPCM) providers

State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia

The Durban Declaration outlines concrete interventions to be taken to over the next 12 months

Parents want the reconstruction of Nancefield Primary School investigated

The minster said these groups take money and never do any work

The chief executive of Nala Business Chamber was assaulted by members of the illegal ‘Nala Business Forum’ when he went to a building site to deal with a subcontracting dispute.

South Africa’s seventh parliament has just started its work, and it appears to be doing so with a far more collaborative spirit — and significantly less playing to the gallery — than it did during any of the previous three terms.

A multi-departmental, collaborative unit focused on preventive rather than reactive solutions could stem the loss of billions of rands and the destruction of the country’s assets

The new DA MEC Martin Meyer said government would work with legitimate business forums, not violent groups pretending to be forums

How the 26s, 27s and 28s prison gangs got their name, and how street gangs usurped them

There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape

Invasion of construction sites and intimidation have been cited as reasons for delayed infrastructure projects