Thandi Modise says a culture of human rights and democratic policing has to be entrenched in the SAPS to ensure excessive force is brought to zero.
The ANC is going to be "tough on corruption", secretary general Gwede Mantashe told reporters at an NEC meeting ahead of its election list conference.
The Democratic Alliance is waiting for the police to give it the go-ahead for its fight-for-jobs march to the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters.
Cosatu claims the Democratic Alliance’s plan to march to the ANC’s headquarters in Johannesburg is an election stunt and an act of pure opportunism.
The Sanral operations centre in Centurion has been evacuated and two people quarantined after another anthrax scare, say police.
Durban Deep residents have marched to the Roodepoort magistrate’s court to protest against the arrest of 15 demonstrators.
The department of water affairs says a new pip has been installed in Madibeng to address the water shortage in the area.
Fifteen people have been arrested during protests at the Durban Deep informal settlement, where a man was shot dead earlier.
The SA Human Rights Commission and rights activists have called for the eradication of pit latrines at schools after a child died in one this week.
An Amcu strike on the platinum mines has kicked off and is set to disrupt operations accounting for about 70% of global output of the precious metal.