Testimony at the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing continued on Monday 24 March with Brigadier Mlenga and General Goss. Mlenga wrote in his affidavit to the commission “people are living as animals”.
Adam Armstrong
News | 25 March 2014
Our police fight stats, not crime, the Commission of Inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha heard this week.
Adam Armstrong
News | 20 March 2014
The City has responded to a statement made at the Crime Summit held on 14 March in Khayelitsha.
News | 19 March 2014
Advocate Nazreen Bawa continued to lead evidence today with Colonel Gert Nel, former station commander of Harare police station, and Colonel Tshotleho Raboliba, current station commander at Harare.
Adam Armstrong
News | 18 March 2014
Residents in Makhaya section 23 were arrested at 3am this morning, accused of chasing people out of their homes. While the police were arresting people, two houses in the area were being broken into by criminals.
Pharie Sefali
News | 18 March 2014
Public hearings of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into allegations of police inefficiency and a breakdown in relations between the community and the police restarted on 17 March with a number of high ranking SAPS officers in attendance.
Adam Armstrong
News | 18 March 2014
Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa was in Khayelitsha on Friday 14 March for a Crime Summit arranged by the Khayelitsha Development Forum (KDF).
Adam Armstrong
News | 17 March 2014
On 14 March, Imam Rashied Omar, chairperson of the Western Cape Religious Leaders Forum (WCRLF), hosted Manenberg community leaders at the Claremont Main Road mosque, where he officiates.
Yazeed Kamaldien
News | 17 March 2014
During the Khayelitsha Commission, community witnesses, academics and police officers related stories of appalling violence, particularly sexual violence. The picture painted is in danger of creating the impression that Khayelitsha is bad, that something is wrong with the community, that it is unsalvageable.
Adam Armstrong
Opinion | 14 March 2014