public safety

While murder rates show modest decline, Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee rejects celebration as Gauteng records highest contact crimes and Cape Town grapples with child gang recruitment crisis.

Police forces across the continent are intensifying operations against illegal firearms while high-profile criminal investigations move through judicial systems, signaling a coordinated push to address public safety concerns.

Nigerian authorities have launched coordinated security initiatives spanning coastal patrols, border enforcement, and counterterrorism operations as the government intensifies efforts to address rising security challenges across multiple regions.

A deadly bus accident in Limpopo and a R150 million debt-driven power disconnection at a major Johannesburg property reveal the compounding failures in public safety and infrastructure management across South Africa.

Traditional leader Gani Adams warns of imminent terrorist attacks on rural communities in Kwara State, as separate incidents of football-related violence in the state capital underscore a broader pattern of impunity threatening Nigeria's social fabric.

A boat capsized in Yauri Local Government Area shortly after a wedding ceremony, killing 14 people—mostly women—in the latest incident highlighting Nigeria's persistent transportation and security challenges.

A series of deadly accidents — workplace crush injuries at a glass factory, a cross-border bus fire, and a river flooding incident — claimed multiple lives this weekend, highlighting systemic gaps in industrial safety and disaster preparedness.