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.
Here’s how SAPS should spend that R100 million
Muizenberg police station money should be spread around
By Chumile Sali
Opinion | 18 April 2017
Khayelitsha residents debate policing with Members of Parliament
“What is happening in Khayelitsha reflects what is happening in other black communities across South Africa”
By Natalie Pertsovsky and Thembela Ntongana
News | 6 April 2017
Deputy minister admits failures at Khayelitsha police stations
Maggie Sotyu said a lack of detectives needed to be addressed “quickly”
News | 7 March 2017
SJC accuses police of contempt of court
Picket in Cape Town over allocation of police resources
Brief | 24 January 2017
Nyanga Community Police Forum joins police resource court case
Litigation to compel police minister and national commissioner to allocate police resources equitably
Brief | 23 September 2016
Why we are taking the Minister of Police to court
Police resource allocation is an apartheid remnant
Opinion | 14 April 2016
Activists take police minister to court
Demand equitable allocation of resources between rich and poor areas
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and GroundUp Staff
News | 30 March 2016
SJC march for justice in Khayelitsha
The murder and rape of Sinoxolo Mafevuka triggers anger at lack of policing
News | 15 March 2016
Eduard Grebe’s allegations against police have not been investigated
Further reports of police brutality surface
News | 21 January 2016