Policing

Area with most murders in the country will wait until 2023 for another police station

“It cannot be we parachute in and parachute out,” resident tells police minister at launch of latest crime prevention operation in Cape Town

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News | 16 May 2018

Mother wants to know who killed her child in police shoot-out

Two years after a fatal shooting in which seven high school students were also injured, families and victims have been told nothing

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News | 8 May 2018

Dunoon neighbourhood watch shelter set ablaze

Meanwhile communication breaks down between citizen patrols and police

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News | 12 April 2018

Khayelitsha residents demand justice for murdered land occupiers

Picket held outside NPA and SAPS

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Brief | 6 April 2018

Mother of raped, disabled child says police have failed them

“She could not identify an accused. The police could therefore not proceed with further investigation” says SAPS

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News | 5 April 2018

Family of murdered Xolobeni activist appeals to NPA to “unblock” investigation

Police inquiry into Sikhosiphi Radebe’s 2016 death is stalled

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News | 27 March 2018

Study uncovers brutal policing of sex work

Civil society and the police have begun to work together to stop the abuse

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News | 23 March 2018

Charges dropped against UWC students after 16 months

“Being falsely accused and imprisoned was terrifying”

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News | 2 March 2018

State to appeal landmark Gatherings Act ruling

Police believe giving notice allows them to “facilitate the right to protest”

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Law | 22 February 2018

Police system unintentionally discriminates, argues civil society lawyer

Advocate for Social Justice Coalition defends expert witness

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News | 16 February 2018

We’ve quelled gang violence in Cape Town, claims Mbalula

But residents disagree with police minister

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News | 8 February 2018

Grandmother murdered: community furious at police response

Mpophomeni residents claim police failed to investigate earlier break-in and threat by suspect

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News | 31 January 2018

Mbalula changes Mogale City police chiefs

Action follows protests against drug dealing

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Brief | 31 January 2018

“It is me who must fix the police” says Mbalula

Mogale City: police minister promises quick action against drug dealers and corrupt cops

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News | 24 January 2018

Ten years in prison not enough for cop who killed my daughter, says Durban mother

“Justice is not rightly served when police are involved”

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News | 17 January 2018