Policing
Twist in rape cover-up trial
Court hears that an internal hearing cleared one of the three police officers on trial
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 23 September 2025
Delayed justice: police torture trial postponed for seven months
The hearing was originally set down for July 2024 but will now only be heard in April 2026
News | 22 September 2025
Chart of the week: Getting guns off the streets
Nearly 22,000 guns were confiscated over the past five years. Almost 7,000 confiscated guns were linked to murder cases.
Text by Zora Hollie. Graph by The Outlier.
Charts | 19 September 2025
Police van crashes into shacks, injures two, and leaves families homeless
The families say SAPS only took their statements a week after the incident
News | 18 September 2025
Cape Town journalist assaulted by police, has phone confiscated – twice
Freelance reporter Sandiso Phaliso has been repeatedly, and illegally, harassed by police while working in Nyanga
News | 15 September 2025
Magistrate postpones Durban police rape cover-up trial
The trial of three officers was postponed due to a funeral
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 12 September 2025
Police fire rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at Joburg water protest
“We are just asking for water, which is our human right”
Brief | 10 September 2025
Gang violence forces Kariega families to abandon their homes
More than 30 homes torched or vandalised as criminals target community leaders and witnesses in a suspected campaign of intimidation
News | 10 September 2025
SAPS HQ fiasco: MPs lose patience with Public Works Minister
Committee members want to see the forensic report on Telkom Towers
News | 10 September 2025