“South Africa has notoriously high levels of violence against women and children. We cannot operate like everything is normal, while women and children in this country are under attack,” says BLSA CEO Ms Busisiwe Mavuso.

By Busisiwe Mavuso

We must take heart that Mauritius was able to get itself off the grey list in less than two years after implementing the necessary reforms.

E2 looks forward to more beneficial partnerships in 2023 that will help make South Africa good for business, and business good for South Africa.

In the first six months of 2022 an average of 1,143 kidnappings a month were reported to the police; this is double the monthly average of the 2021 period.

According to the crime stats, from 1 July 2022 to 20 September 2022, there were 6 149 hijackings.

The recent crime stats show that housebreak-ins are the most common crime experienced by South African residents.

The GBV situation in the country has reached boiling point and all South Africans together with NGOs, the police and government need to work together to fight against this scourge.

The large geographical footprint of the private partners enables countrywide collection of real-time incident data.

By Busisiwe Mavuso

All the structural reforms aimed at improving our economic growth prospects will be undermined if the rule of law does not prevail.

By Busisiwe Mavuso

Organised crime is entrenched in South Africa but the “construction mafia” has risen to prominence recently