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“Most sex workers are mothers”

School fees paid from sex work

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Brief | 2 October 2017

Marikana residents say they’ve lost faith in the police

Police call in reinforcements after 10 people shot dead

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News | 1 October 2017

In photos: Ocean View residents and police clash over failure to reduce crime

“The people are suffering because crime has taken over. We’re crying for help.”

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Photo Essay | 22 September 2017

Hundreds protest against arrest of murder suspects in Philippi

Police use teargas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who were demanding release of community patrol members

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News | 18 September 2017

Police confirm investigation into shooting of Ona Dubula

Teenager is recovering in hospital

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News | 15 September 2017

Hout Bay shows how desperately we need good police leadership

Police commissioners’ silence following shooting of Ona Dubula is shameful

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GroundView | 14 September 2017

A history of violence: police action in Hout Bay

Fourteen-year-old boy has surgery to remove rubber bullet

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News | 13 September 2017

Parliament in court over its high paid bouncers

New elite security team displaces long-serving parliamentary protection officers

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Parliament | 13 September 2017

Tracking down the teenager shot in the mouth by police

Rubber bullets broke his ribs and smashed his tongue

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News | 13 September 2017

Criminal cops must wear orange, not blue, says deputy police minister

Cops who steal guns must go to prison – Mkongi

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Brief | 7 September 2017

“Drugs is a fight that we will never win”

Part three of our series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 29 August 2017

Police lack plan for stopping gangs

Second SAPS appearance before Parliament in two weeks not much more successful than first

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Parliament | 28 August 2017

“They say we are assaulting people. We say we are blessing them.”

Part two of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 25 August 2017

Should the state pay damages if a police officer hurts his partner?

The High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal reached different decisions. Now the Constitutional Court must decide.

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Law | 23 August 2017

“People call us before they call the police”: a vigilante group’s quest for legitimacy

Part one of a three part series on vigilantism in South Africa

Text by Christopher Clark. Photos by Shaun Swingler.

Feature | 22 August 2017

“We are not winning the war on crime” admits SAPS

Parliament rebukes unprepared police

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Parliament | 16 August 2017