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2024-07-10

The amount stolen by cyberhackers from SA's public works department

At least R300-million has been stolen from the department of public works and infrastructure over the past 10 years through cybercrime, newly appointed minister Dean Macpherson says.

The most recent cyber attack was last month, in which R24-million was stolen.

So far, four officials have been suspended, and investigators have seized 30 laptops. The amount stolen is expected to increase as the probe continues.

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2024-07-09

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32 of South Africa’s prisoners are children

The number of young inmates in South Africa’s prisons – those under the age of 18 – has dropped by about 83% since 2015/16, according to data from the department of correctional services.

In August 2022, the age of criminal capacity was raised from 10 years of age to 12. The Child Justice Act means that anyone under 12 cannot be arrested and must be referred to a probation officer instead.

Last year, there were 32 children in prison. That’s a six-fold decrease in comparison with the 187 children in prison seven years earlier. Of the young prisoners, just one was a girl.

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2024-07-02

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Total penalties imposed by the FSCA in the past year

The penalties imposed by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) on 31 people in the year to March 2024 represent an almost 10-fold increase over the year before.

More than half were against Markus Jooste, the now deceased former head of Steinhoff, for issuing false financial statements. The regulator said it would be laying a claim against his estate.

The FSCA noted an increase in funeral parlours charging monthly fees, which it said constitute insurance premiums, and schemes encouraging investment in livestock.

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2024-04-21

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Despite rising crime rate, SA has dire shortage of forensic experts

South Africa should ideally have 330 forensic pathologists, an expert says. Instead there are only about 50 working in the public sector.

2024-02-26

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Women murders in SA: Filling in the details

The number of women being killed is rising. Data we’ve collected for the past 5 years gives insight into who these women were and what happened to them.

2023-07-21

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Murder in the municipalities: 21 councillors killed in 22 months

In South Africa, the murder rate among municipal ward councillors is six times higher than the national rate of 45 murders per 100,000 people

2022-10-27

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Nine women killed per day in South Africa

This number is higher than the year before. SA has one of the worst rates of female homicides in the world, according to the UN.

2022-10-07

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More than 1,000 kidnappings a month have been reported since January

One province is driving this increase – Gauteng

2022-09-30

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Home burglaries have dropped in all the previous hotspots. See what your local station looks like

The latest crime stats show that fewer home burglaries have been reported this year at the 10 police stations that reported the highest number of cases before Covid.

2022-08-05

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Femicide in the police force: when officers kill their partners

Over three years, police watchdog IPID logged 48 cases where police officers allegedly killed their current or former intimate partners.