Go where the trouble isn't.

Tsamaya is a free, risk-aware navigation app for South African drivers, proudly built in Johannesburg. It plans driving routes around the places where vehicle crime is known to happen, using ratings that change with the time of day, then guides you turn by turn on your phone, Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. It also has an SOS button and live trip sharing. It is in open beta on iPhone and Android.

Yes. Tsamaya is a free navigation app that plans driving routes around areas and roads with a history of vehicle crime in 19 South African metros, using ratings for the hour you drive. It is a full turn-by-turn navigator with voice and Apple CarPlay, not only a risk map, and it adds an SOS button and live trip sharing. Lower risk is not no risk, so stay alert.

Published South African crime statistics, scored against map data to work out where vehicle crime concentrates. An AI review gives a second opinion on the ratings, and a person sense-checks the results, looking closely at any that stand out. After that, drivers' reports refine the map: a person reads each one before anything changes.

19 metros: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, West Rand, Secunda, Stellenbosch, Rustenburg, Pilanesberg, Mossel Bay, Durban, Gqeberha, Kruger & Lowveld, Bloemfontein, eMalahleni & Middelburg, Pietermaritzburg, Polokwane, East London, George. Outside them Tsamaya is an ordinary map and turn-by-turn navigator with no risk data, and a blank map means no data, not no risk.

Usually a few minutes. A detour is only offered when it cuts your exposure, and one that adds too much distance is thrown out, even when it carries less risk. When there is no sensible way round, Tsamaya says so and marks the risky stretches.

Yes. The SOS button on the phone's drive screen calls 10111 (the police) or 112 (any mobile), or opens a text to your emergency contact, ready to send, with your location and a link that follows you live. Tsamaya does not send armed response or an ambulance itself, so keep a dedicated emergency app as well.

Yes. Share a trip from the drive screen and send them the link. It opens in any browser, with no app to install, and shows your route, where you are now, your arrival time, and an Arrived screen when you get there. The link stops updating when you arrive.

Yes. Everything that routes you around risk, the SOS button and trip sharing included, is free and stays free. There is no account and there are no ads, and we do not sell anything about you.

No, and we will never tell you otherwise. Tsamaya cuts your exposure to areas with a history of vehicle crime. Crime is not predictable, and no route is safe. Lower risk is not no risk: treat it as better information for the choice you were going to make anyway.