Policing

Community volunteers try to keep Gugulethu safe

Some Asijiki neighbourhood watch patrollers have been shot at

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News | 13 November 2019

Uber owner claims extortion by taxi drivers - in the police station

Cape Town might soon witness an e-hailing war, says association

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News | 12 November 2019

Townships organise private security to do police work

Households contribute R150 each for neighbourhood watches in Musina

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News | 8 November 2019

Douglasdale police accused of negligence by woman who was assaulted by her husband

Eight days in hospital but police “didn’t show concern”

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News | 1 November 2019

Family in Brakpan terrorised for laying rape charges

“They always break the door and enter with guns, pangas, golf clubs and sticks. They beat us”

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News | 28 October 2019

Still no services after 21 years, say Silversands residents

Community want potholes and sewers fixed and a police station, clinic, taxi rank and library built

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News | 23 October 2019

Concourt rules apartheid intimidation legislation unconstitutional

1982 law criminalised free speech

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Law | 22 October 2019

IPID scrambles to contain fall-out ahead of Parliament appearance

Watchdog to present annual report on Thursday following findings of statistical manipulation

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News | 10 October 2019

Month’s end at IPID: A time for “killing files”?

The police watchdog completes a suspiciously large number of cases on certain dates

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News | 8 October 2019

Key takeaways: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality

There were over 42,000 criminal complaints against the police from April 2012 to March 2019, and only 531 successful prosecutions

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News | 7 October 2019

Viewfinder: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA

Public records, government data, whistleblowers and victim testimony have converged to show how crimes by police officers have not been investigated properly

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Feature | 7 October 2019

Two crime hotspots still without permanent police stations

Five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry, recommendation to build new station still not implemented

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News | 27 September 2019

March against crime in Khayelitsha

Residents demand better policing to combat gender-based violence

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Brief | 26 September 2019

Concourt orders Minister of Police to pay R300,000 for wrongful arrest

Judges reaffirm right of accused to be brought to court within 48 hours

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Law | 25 September 2019

Completed in 2014, this police station has never been used

Villagers battle crime while new police station stands empty

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News | 20 September 2019

“Too poor to be treated”: Gugulethu residents demand better healthcare

Residents march to clinics and police station

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News | 5 September 2019