Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into Policing
In 2014, Judge Kate O'Regan and Advocate Vusi Pikoli chaired a commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha. GroundUp covered the inquiry in depth. Here are our reports as well as contributed opinion pieces from the inquiry.
Still no police station five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing
Police ministry and SAPS continue to fail the vulnerable and the poor, says activist
Brief | 26 August 2019
Macassar residents collecting complaints against police
“People would rather resolve an issue themselves than wait for police”
News | 5 June 2019
Court rules that allocation of police in Western Cape is discriminatory
Victory for Social Justice Coalition may result in poorer areas getting more officers
By Thembela Ntongana and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 14 December 2018
Charges dismissed against three men accused of murdering Zanele Sandlana
Magistrate’s decision greeted with tears by protesters
News | 27 June 2018
Area with most murders in the country will wait until 2023 for another police station
“It cannot be we parachute in and parachute out,” resident tells police minister at launch of latest crime prevention operation in Cape Town
News | 16 May 2018
Ground-breaking police resources case in court at last
Activists want court to declare that present system discriminates against poor people
Law | 27 November 2017
Better street lights would reduce crime, say Khayelitsha residents
“People are being targeted even going to the toilet”
News | 30 August 2017
Three years after the Khayelitsha Commission, has there been progress?
Western Cape Premier and SJC disagree on police track record
News | 25 August 2017
Activists present stats on unequal policing
Areas with highest murder rates have fewer police resources, says SJC
Brief | 20 July 2017