Policing

Homeless man had not intended to fight officer who shot him dead, claims witness

Defence argues that the officer was being attacked when the shot went off that killed Dumisani Joxo in Cape Town last year

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News | 20 June 2023

Somali shop owners fear turf war between extortion gangs

“Policing” in Philippi is done by criminal syndicates

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News | 19 June 2023

Two men were stoned and burnt to death in Philippi on Tuesday. Residents who were there told us why

“People don’t trust police because they know the suspect is going to be released in a few days or weeks or the case might be thrown out of court for lack of evidence.”

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Brief | 15 June 2023

Diepsloot residents say police and municipality have left them to the mercy of criminals

Just fixing the streetlights would help says community police forum

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News | 13 June 2023

Philippi community and City seek ways to end no-go zone status

Residents hold meeting while City launches specialised policing units to protect its workers and infrastructure

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News | 6 June 2023

How bad is South Africa’s murder rate?

And has the Western Cape turned the corner?

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News | 2 June 2023

Protesters call for taverns to be shut down in central East London

“We don’t want a repeat of Enyobeni”

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News | 1 June 2023

“Stop the rot”: Court interdict sought against Operation Dudula

Immigrant organisations also seek to stop police tolerance and “collusion” with the anti-immigrant movement

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News | 25 May 2023

Family of man shot by police in Philippi say they waited five hours for an ambulance

Mhlangabezi Skeyi was shot while trying to connect electricity illegaly

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News | 24 May 2023

Inmate Teboho Molemohi was murdered in Mangaung prison. His mother was never told what happened

Six people were convicted for Teboho’s murder, but no-one told his mother

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News | 19 May 2023

This Tshwane police station has not had electricity for three years

Rietgat station in Soshanguve used to get electricity from the train station

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Brief | 11 May 2023

Where were they? State failure and Thabo Bester

Thabo Bester has been arrested, nearly a year after escaping prison. Should the state be praised for prompt action?

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Opinion | 17 April 2023

Two decades later Khayelitsha community is finally getting a police station - but it’s only temporary

This comes nearly nine years after the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing recommended that a new station be built in Makhaza

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News | 29 March 2023

Community protest at court to demand release of local “crime fighters”

At least 16 people linked to a crime-fighting group face charges of assaulting suspected criminals in Butterworth

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Brief | 28 March 2023

Six years to renovate a police station and it still isn’t finished

Two construction companies have left the job incomplete

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News | 7 March 2023

Police fire rubber bullets at Geluksdal students

A fatal stabbing at the school has led to protests demanding “justice” for Shawn Mphela

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News | 17 February 2023