Backlogs, booze, testicular cancer — all factors blamed for the apparent ineptitude or unwillingness to tackle a pandemic that is silently killing women all over the country.
It’s do what we say, not what we do, as the ANC lays Andrew Mlangeni to rest
The ideological aims of the criminal justice system in dysfunctional societies, like South Africa, is to indirectly legitimise the inequitable economic system
Persistent rumours of a cabinet reshuffle may be jumping the gun, but they do reflect the political realignment taking place within the ANC
It appears that those tasked with enforcing the law don’t know it.
The minister’s media statement follows a letter from Khosa’s attorneys that they were considering a perjury charge or a complaint with the Public Protector
Despite a court-ordered deadline for the completion of the internal investigation, no explanation is given for Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s contradictory positions
Opposition parties and ANC ‘factions’ will attempt to use the crisis to their advantage
The family of Collins Khosa is threatening to seek a personal costs order against Police Minister Bheki Cele
In its ruling the high court sought to restore the ‘social contract’ between citizens and government after the assault and death of Collins Khosa
A strict lockdown is not only unenforceable, but the question must be asked: is it necessary at all? The examples of South Korea, Taiwan and Sweden suggest perhaps not
A Cape Town women’s group is using coded text messages to help victims of gender-based violence and abuse get out of harm’s way
The boss isn’t going to end the lockdown in six days time — not if he’s called out the army and got a welfare grant from the World Bank
The decision to rely on the police and army to enforce the lockdown was correct, but security force actions show both the weaknesses of the state and of systems for establishing social order
Underground liquor has a long history in South Africa. Its next chapter is being written under the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown
A forum representing small liquor traders say the extension of the lockdown will ruin their businesses
The president needs South Africans on his side if the lockdown is to be extended. He must show leadership and censure the communications minister for breaking the regulations
Some “unintended consequences” dealt with and minister warns Western Cape on cigarettes
Multiple reports and videos are emerging of authorities abusing their power as they crack down on lockdown violations
The danger’s invisible but terrifying. So the army’s rolling in, freedom’s rolling out, I’m rolling up and my overdraft is rolling over
The cost of placing South African evacuees from Wuhan in quarantine in Limpopo will cost an estimated R6.7-million
A long-delayed flight to repatriate South African citizens from Wuhan will depart tonight and return on Friday the 13th, before a 21-day quarantine
Insiders says that no one is willing to make the daunting journey to rescue fellow citizens
It’s not up to us to feel offended when a politician visits the family of a victim of crime. These victims, honoured in their absence by a political bigwig, are in many cases children and their murder a cause for righteous public outrage. In 2017, it was Jacob Zuma who visited the family of three-year-old […]
The government is expected to evacuate citizens from Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak originated
Popcru used its ninth congress to focus on restoring the rights of police and correctional service workers
Can policing deliver justice in South Africa? For the vast majority of the country’s history, the answer has been no
It could be angry truckers, but security cluster officials are investigating the possibility of an orchestrated campaign to destabilise the country
Police minister Bheki Cele visited Jeppestown on Tuesday to speak to business owners and community leaders.
Police Minister Bheki Cele made good on his week-old promise to send the SANDF to the Cape Flats to secure the area
Volunteers call for an independent police manager and soldiers to help stop Western Cape murders
The Steven Pienaar Community Cup restores the essence of the beautiful game that too often evaporates in the stadiums of professional football