Policing
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
PAGAD marches against gang violence on the Cape Flats
The organisation marched under close police supervision in Mitchells Plain on Sunday
Brief | 8 September 2025
Kraaifontein residents protest about living conditions
Lists of demands handed over to City of Cape Town, Western Cape health department and SAPS
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 28 August 2025
Kariega residents march for better policing
“Protection fees are demanded from our children by other learners at schools, and they end up dropping out.”
Brief | 19 August 2025