Crime and Reports

Beyond the crumbling roads and erratic power grids, residents of Witbank face an increasingly sophisticated invisible threat: a rolling wave of scams and financial fraud. From fraudsters impersonating municipal workers to online market scams and identity theft. Local policing reports... Read more »

In a region that generates the very electrical power driving South Africa’s economy, the irony of sitting in darkness due to rampant cable theft is a bitter pill for local residents. Across Witbank, copper theft, infrastructure vandalism, and the systematic... Read more »

As a bustling industrial nexus and primary transport artery on the Highveld, Witbank faces unique safety challenges that stretch local law enforcement and community policing networks to their limits. Crime reports and official statistics frequently place the spotlight on Witbank,... Read more »