Officers are often condemned when they kill armed criminals, but that betrays an unrealistic grasp of the realities of South Africa, writes Mike Siluma.
For a year of expected weak economic growth, the latest employment statistics show that the country is maintaining a sense of resilience, writes Zandile Makhoba.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an investigation into the cause of the multi-storey building collapse in George on the Garden Route and sent his condolences to the families and friends of the five people who died in the construction accident.
Police have fatally shot a man they identified as an illicit mining kingpin allegedly linked to 29 murders during a confrontation at his hideout in Soweto.