Policing
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
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
News | 27 September 2019
March against crime in Khayelitsha
Residents demand better policing to combat gender-based violence
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
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 25 September 2019
Completed in 2014, this police station has never been used
Villagers battle crime while new police station stands empty
By Sana Mabena
News | 20 September 2019
“Too poor to be treated”: Gugulethu residents demand better healthcare
Residents march to clinics and police station
News | 5 September 2019
Still no police station five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing
Police ministry and SAPS continue to fail the vulnerable and the poor, says activist
Brief | 26 August 2019
Women neighbourhood watch members lead crime fighting in “most dangerous” communities
“We decided that we couldn’t depend on the police to do everything”
News | 19 August 2019
Eyewitnesses describe police beating a man who had a mental disability
IPID appears not to have interviewed key witnesses
By Vincent Lali
Feature | 13 August 2019