Policing

Here’s how unfairly police are distributed

Suburbs like Sea Point, Claremont and Camps Bay have far more officers per resident than Nyanga. Why?

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Analysis | 17 January 2018

JHB neighbourhood demands police station

“Crime is too high and people are dying. We need our own police station.”

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News | 12 January 2018

Police failed to protect us from mob justice, says Eastern Cape family

Man’s house burned down after he was accused of a stabbing which never took place

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News | 9 January 2018

Marikana shooting claims two lives

Gunmen open fire in tavern

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Brief | 8 January 2018

Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor

Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime

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Law | 1 December 2017

Policing system discriminates against black women, court told

Police claim to favour poor communities, but judge says results paint a different picture

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Law | 30 November 2017

Court hears black communities get inferior police services

Civil society organisations want a declaration that the allocation of officers in the Western Cape is discriminatory

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Law | 29 November 2017

Ground-breaking police resources case in court at last

Activists want court to declare that present system discriminates against poor people

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Law | 27 November 2017

Protesters demand equal distribution of police officers

Case on SAPS resources will be heard next week

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News | 22 November 2017

Soldiers to be sent to gang-ridden areas, says Mbalula

Minister announces new arrests in Marikana massacre case

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News | 15 November 2017

Day 3: Pathologist describes finding faeces in child’s lungs

Michael Komape’s sister breaks down in court

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Law | 15 November 2017

Masiphumelele once again without mobile police van

The community wants a permanent station to be built

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Brief | 14 November 2017

“All I want to know is who killed my son”

Father of young man murdered by vigilantes says police have done nothing

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News | 1 November 2017

Stop killing farmers, demand protesters

“We spend millions of rands on security instead of growing food for the nation”

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Brief | 30 October 2017

Extra police for Nyanga: residents sceptical

“We will celebrate when we see the police on the ground”

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Brief | 30 October 2017

Money for police forensic services diverted to Home Affairs

Forensic services gets R1.7 billion; VIP protection gets R1.4 billion

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Parliament | 26 October 2017