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When violence is policy: How do we curb police brutality?

With high-profile savagery by the police becoming routine, what can be done to transform our broken relationship with law enforcement?

Luke Feltham
Kiri Rupiah

South Africa’s Jewish and Muslim communities have condemned the killing of Halima Hoosen-Preston and the knife assault on her family at their home in Durban, in what appears to be an Islamophobic attack.
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Do crime levels spike in SA over the festive season?

Cases of armed robberies, burglaries, murder, attempted murder and serious assault tend to increase over the festive season, according to research.

Lizette Lancaster