Policing
The traffic department that hasn’t issued a ticket for years
“We used to have ticket books, but they were stolen” says a traffic officer in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 15 May 2024
Three Cape Town SAPS officers appear in court for torture of barber
The officers were arrested on Monday, five months after Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted at his workplace
Brief | 23 April 2024
Finally, five months after police were filmed assaulting a barber, they have been charged
Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted during an unexpected raid
News | 15 April 2024
Police drive into woman, break her pelvis, shoot rubber bullets into crowd and drive off
Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm.
News | 28 March 2024
Damning report on “state of disrepair” of many police stations
The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works
News | 28 March 2024
How to spend 12 years building a police station
Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012.
News | 15 March 2024
Cape Town protection money syndicates kill people, kill livelihoods
A salon owner was shot dead on Wednesday apparently for refusing to pay protection money
News | 7 March 2024
Police minister says he’s been working from home for four years because of “terrible” state of SAPS building
“We paid more money trying to fix that thing than we paid for buying it,” Bheki Cele tells Parliament
News | 7 March 2024
Public Works to investigate mismanagement of police headquarters
“It’s unfortunate such a beautiful asset has been left in that kind of state” says head of property management
News | 5 March 2024