Crime
City and SJC dispute over Commission
The City of Cape Town and the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) have locked horns over the scope of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry and the role of the City in the quality of policing.
Adam Armstrong
News | 7 February 2014
Police oversight bodies failing
For three days, the Khayelitsha Commission has heard from various bodies responsible for oversight and cooperation with the police. Their testimonies have not inspired confidence.
Adam Armstrong
News | 5 February 2014
Police accused of extortion
The Khayelitsha Commission has heard testimony about refugees and their vulnerability to violence and exploitation.
Adam Armstrong
News | 5 February 2014
When a police van hit and killed our child
This is a shortened transcript of a witness testimony given at the Khayelitsha Commission last week.
Transcript from Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry
News | 3 February 2014
Brave women and burnt-out cops
Funeka Soldaat told the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry how she had been raped by a group of young men because she is a lesbian. She testified that she is a survivor of "corrective rape".
Adam Armstrong
News | 29 January 2014
The week in political activism
This week we cover Corruption Watch, the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry and protests over the National Student Financial Aid Scheme.
Brent Meersman
News | 29 January 2014
Principals describe hardships of running schools in Khayelitsha
Principals of two Khayelitsha schools gave testimony at the Khayelitsha Commission yesterday. They explained how crime affected their institutions.
Adam Armstrong
News | 29 January 2014
Commissioner klaps SAPS for inefficiency
At the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry, the morning got off to a rocky start for the SAPS legal counsel with Chairperson Justice Kate O’Regan again verbally reprimanding them.
Adam Armstrong
News | 27 January 2014
Harrowing testimony about vigilante killing
This morning the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry heard disturbing accounts of vigilante justice.
Adam Armstrong
News | 24 January 2014