Wednesday, 16 September 2026

A police-practice researcher said only one in 14 murders is solved, while around half of contact crimes go unreported, highlighting South Africa’s deep investigative and reporting crisis.

Criminal profiling combines crime-scene geography, forensic evidence and victimology to narrow suspects; investigators classify scenes and look for behavioural patterns or a distinctive signature.

The IEC said Johannesburg’s 75 parties and Tshwane’s 70 will require double-column proportional-representation ballot papers for the November local-government elections.

Financial principles such as living below your means, avoiding unnecessary debt and saving regularly remain sound, but lifetime employment and property ownership are no longer universal rules.

A clinical psychologist advised people in toxic relationships to set enforceable boundaries, walk away when they are breached, and avoid treating difficult childhoods as excuses for abuse.