Policing
Police drive into woman, break her pelvis, shoot rubber bullets into crowd and drive off
Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm.
News | 28 March 2024
Damning report on “state of disrepair” of many police stations
The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works
News | 28 March 2024
How to spend 12 years building a police station
Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012.
News | 15 March 2024
Cape Town protection money syndicates kill people, kill livelihoods
A salon owner was shot dead on Wednesday apparently for refusing to pay protection money
News | 7 March 2024
Police minister says he’s been working from home for four years because of “terrible” state of SAPS building
“We paid more money trying to fix that thing than we paid for buying it,” Bheki Cele tells Parliament
News | 7 March 2024
Public Works to investigate mismanagement of police headquarters
“It’s unfortunate such a beautiful asset has been left in that kind of state” says head of property management
News | 5 March 2024
SAPS and Public Works called to Parliament over Telkom Towers debacle
Trade union Solidarity says it’s been complaining about the deplorable state of the police building for years, but to no avail
News | 4 March 2024
Auditor General gives damning report on police headquarters
This was just hours after workers at the Telkom Towers office were evacuated after it was declared unfit for human use
News | 1 March 2024
Man who was assaulted by police dies three months later
Ugochukwu Emmanuel Nnoli’s family suspect the assault played a role in his death
News | 20 February 2024