Self-Defence Basics That Can Save Your Life
Most attacks are decided in the first three seconds. Learn the awareness habits, escape priorities and simple strikes that buy you time to get away.
What To Do In A Hijacking — Step By Step
Hijackings are quick, rehearsed and often happen at your own gate. These are the habits that prevent them and the exact steps that keep you alive during one.
Armed Robbery: Survive First, Report Later
Whether you are a customer, cashier or passer-by, compliance and calm save lives. Here is how to behave, what to remember and how to report accurately.
Home Invasion: Harden Your Home, Protect Your Family
Layered physical security plus a family plan turns a home invasion into a failed attempt. Know your safe room, your signal and your role.
Spotting Human Trafficking In Your Street
Trafficking hides in plain sight — in domestic work, farms, brothels, begging rings and fake job offers. Learn the signs and the correct way to report.
Drug Awareness: What Parents And Communities Must Know
Know the warning signs, the local drug landscape and how to get someone into treatment without shame. Use our Drug Identifier to check anything suspicious.
Poisonous Food, Spiked Drinks And Food Scams
Cheap food sold at taxi ranks, unregistered spaza stock and spiked drinks at clubs all cause real harm. Know the red flags and what to do in the first hour.
Digital Safety: Phishing, SIM Swaps And Fake Profiles
Almost every scam in South Africa now starts with a message. Learn the universal defence that beats nearly all of them, and how to lock down your accounts.
First Aid And CPR Essentials
In the first ten minutes, a bystander decides the outcome. Learn CPR, the recovery position, choking relief and how to control severe bleeding.
Women And Children: Safety, Abuse And Getting Out
Domestic violence is the most common violent crime in South Africa. Know your rights, your escape plan, the protection order process and what to do about a missing child.
Taxi, Bus And Public Transport Safety
Millions of trips happen daily without incident. Reduce your risk with the right seat, the right route and a simple habit of telling someone where you are.
Load Shedding, Paraffin And Shack Fire Safety
Power cuts cause candles, paraffin and generator accidents that kill whole families. A few cheap habits prevent almost all of them.
Drink Spiking, Clubs And Getting Home Safe
Spiking is not always a needle in a drink — it is often extra alcohol, eye-drop sedatives or a "friend" who orders for you. Here is how to keep the night yours.
Start A Neighbourhood Watch That Actually Works
Safe communities are built street by street. A simple watch with clear rules, a WhatsApp group and a working relationship with your local SAPS and CPF prevents more crime than any fence.
Robbery Safety For Shops, Staff And Small Business
Cash, cigarettes, phones and stock make small businesses targets. Preparation — not bravery — is what keeps staff alive during a hold-up.
Keeping Children Safe Online And Spotting Grooming
Predators reach children through games, TikTok, WhatsApp and "model" DMs. Calm, curious parenting beats secret surveillance — and early warning signs are visible if you know them.
Domestic Violence: Protection Orders And Where To Get Help
You do not need a lawyer or money to apply for a protection order, and police must help you. Know the steps before you need them.
Drowning: Prevention, Rescue And Child Water Safety
Drowning is silent, quick and happens in seconds in water you would not expect. Buckets, pools, dams and flooded storm drains all kill children every summer.
Protecting Elderly Parents And Vulnerable Adults
Older people are targeted for cash, cards and "helpful" strangers — and abuse often comes from someone they trust. Simple arrangements remove most of the risk.
This library is general safety information, not legal or medical advice. In an emergency call 10111 or 112. If you have information about a crime, you can also report it to BHUTI or submit an anonymous tip.