Policing

Community blames poor policing after brutal murders

Residents say they’ve been forced to stand outside the police station and give statements to an officer because the gates are locked at night

After five months, silence on murder of Imam Muhsin Hendricks

Hendricks, who was openly gay, was gunned down in Gqeberha in February

Police officers protest against rape and sexual harassment in their ranks

The protest follows the alleged rape of a trainee by an instructor at the Tshwane Training College

School girls march for better policing

Girl Guides want officers to be better trained to handle GBV cases

Rape cover up trial: police detained victim overnight near her rapist

Rapist’s DNA has been linked to two open cases

Three Durban cops deny rape cover up

The state alleges a rape victim was detained by Brighton Beach officers and intimidated into withdrawing charges

Youth Day march against gangs in Johannesburg

Westbury residents call on gangs to make peace

Four children shot dead in three weeks in Samora Machel

All the victims were in school uniform when they were gunned down

NPA found “no conclusive evidence” that Cwecwe was raped

Case was dropped by NPA in November 2024

Fight over fish in Lesotho’s Katse Dam

Local fishers say they are arrested and beaten up but authorities deny this

Police can’t say why they let an alleged rapist off the hook

Officers dropped him at hospital without questioning him

Thousands march to call for justice for raped child

Still no arrests after seven-year-old raped in Eastern Cape in October

SAPS responds to GroundUp’s articles on extortion in Cape Town

Accused in police torture case considers plea deal

Three police officers are charged with torturing a barber in Cape Town in November 2023

Off-duty cop accused of brutally assaulting Cape Town man

Unconscious victim dumped at community clinic

Rape of 7-year-old child: mother accuses police of being slow to act

Police blame delays on “a shortage of manpower”