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Dear community, Over the past hours we have seen an escalation in the current war, with Hezbollah joining the conflict and an attack on a Saudi oilfield....
Dear community, Over the past 12 hours, Israel and the US launched Operation Roar of the Lion (Great Fury), a preventative attack which included targeted strikes on various...
A Johannesburg Jewish businessman was driving home from OR Tambo International Airport last Wednesday night, 11 February, when he was hijacked and kidnapped. He had stopped at a yield sign on an offramp...
The CSO is aware of the attack that took place in Sydney earlier today. Our thoughts are with those killed and injured and their families. We...
As you prepare for your holiday, CSO has provided some vital security precautions to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for you and your loved ones. Travelling to Cape Town,...
A waste picker who routinely collects rubbish in the Glenhazel area is believed to have placed the two devices, that led to panic and an area...
Last Friday, 24 October, two devices believed to be bombs were found in Glenhazel, Johannesburg. The area in which they were found was cordoned off for...
As you are no doubt aware, over the past few hours, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion which included targeted strikes on various Iranian infrastructure and leaders....
Cape Town Jewry was exposed to what experts have called “terrorism” for the first time in many years when an improvised explosive device (IED) was thrown...
Dean Murinik took his parents to Thailand in December 2004, two decades ago this year, to recuperate after his father’s attempted suicide. On their first day...
As experts ease parental concerns around possible antisemitism at the upcoming Matric Rage Festivals in Ballito and Plettenberg Bay, the Jewish Community Security Organisation (CSO) has...
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) has advised that during South Africa’s national election, There’s no need for panic; Don’t share unverified information or social media posts;...
Mark Finkelstein, a lawyer much admired for his teaching of self-defence and voluntary efforts in the Jewish community, died of cancer on 27 December in Johannesburg....
Of the 182 antisemitic incidents reported to the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) in the first 11 months of 2023, 63% occurred after 7...
When armed intruders entered his home on 28 January 2013, father, husband, businessman, and Community Security Organisation (CSO) stalwart Shaun Lipshitz did what he did best...
A raging home fire last Shabbos in the heart of the frum community brought together neighbours and communal emergency workers in an heroic effort. What was...
No amount of preparation and training could prevent the fire that brought runners like Steven Berman to a halt in the 100km RMB Ultra Trail Cape...
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) is taking the United States government’s security alert about a possible terrorist attack in Joburg seriously, but has made it clear...
For most people, Yom Kippur is an energy sapping experience on a spiritual and physical level. For Hatzolah Medical Rescue workers who save lives while fasting,...
“Sadly, I’ve spent a lot of time in ambulances, but this was by far the best ride I’ve ever had.” These are the words of American...
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) this week begged the community to prioritise security in light of last week’s early parole of the notorious Thulsie twins, convicted...
A community hero who had been in a coma for three years after tragically being stung by bees was this week laid to rest. Father of...
The kidnapping of a Jewish mother in Cape Town has shaken the community to its core. The woman, who cannot be named at this point, is...
I didn’t know Julie Treger. And I didn’t know her husband, who passed away suddenly three months ago. And yet, the news of her death shook...
The Community Security Organisation (CSO) has witnessed a marked increase in anti-Israel rhetoric as well as expressions of hate directed at Jews online following violence in...
The war against the second wave of COVID-19 raged in the Western Cape in December, and many of those hard hit were either local community members...
A raid on a property in the south of Johannesburg on Friday, 24 July, may have uncovered a cell of South Africans sympathetic to terror organisation...
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