As opposition parties criticise the police minister for recommending Robert McBride as head of the IPID, an analyst says his appointment is likely.
The commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha kicks off this week with a preliminary sitting before the public hearings begin in January.
A number of opposition parties have criticised Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa for recommending Robert McBride as head of the IPID.
The police minister has slammed those involved in the killing of six people in Khutsong, saying the alleged gangsters’ murders were "unacceptable".
An international monitor has found that crime in South Africa is at its lowest level in 15 years, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
The Concourt has dismissed Minister Nathi Mthethwa’s attempt to have a policing commission of inquiry in the Western Cape declared unconstitutional.
ISS analyst Gareth Newham and M&G reporter Sarah Evans unpack the realities that lie beneath the numbers from this year’s national crime statistics.
Despite a rise in murder and attempted murder, police commissioner Riah Phiyega is pleased with the crime statistics.
This week we touch on SA’s crime statistics, Zwelinzima Vavi’s Twitter apology, and the Northampton clown scaring town residents.
Rape and sexual offences crimes have decreased in the past year, but murder and attempted murder has increased after a sustained downward trend.
Manenberg pupils and teachers have been caught in the middle of wars between gangs, putting their education, jobs and lives at risk.
An off-duty police officer has been shot dead in Mitchell’s Plain in the Western Cape, police say, marking the third killing of its kind since Sunday.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has not yet committed to apologising to Chumani Maxwele who was assaulted by the president’s bodyguards.
The president would not fire the police minister for the Marikana killings because he saw the incident as a mistake, the Farlam commission has heard.
Criticism of the Democratic Alliance has dominated speeches by political parties and union leaders at Workers’ Day rallies across the country.
DA spokesperson on police Dianne Kohler Barnard says the latest incident, where a woman was beaten by an off-duty cop, proves a "major crisis".
"Brutality" is a word that cannot fail to evoke a visceral response: those who perpetrate it are bad.
We speak to Kwanele Sosibo about what Riah Phiyega said and notably left out of her testimony at the Farlam commission into the Marikana killings.
The family of taxi driver Emidio Macia will no longer be represented by an East Rand-based law firm, the firm has said.
National Police Chief Riah Phiyega has stuck to her stance that police acted in self-defence when they shot dead 34 striking mineworkers at Marikana.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has warned police officers to adhere to their code of conduct.
Sanctioning ever more force to end violent protest and crime is sending out the wrong message, writes Glynnis Underhill.
Back from his honeymoon, the police minister has finally had his say about Emidio Macia’s killing.
A North West police officer has been arrested for allegedly dragging a man 100 metres with a police car in Setlopo Village, Mafikeng, says Ipid.
Mthethwa is called to account for police brutality, the Free State government fails to convince on its R48-million website and the SABC saga continues.
An application to order the police minister and three others to produce documents in the Khayelitsha commission of inquiry court matter was postponed.
ANALYSIS: Never mind the police brutality fiasco, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is free to enjoy his honeymoon.
During his term, police brutality has become an entrenched reality in South Africa and attempts at combatting that culture have come to little.
The National Council of Trade Unions has called on Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to take responsibility after the death of taxi driver Mido Macia.
The families of mineworkers killed in Marikana are suing Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa and national police commissioner Riah Phiyega for damages.
The ANC has criticised the proposed Western Cape Bill, saying it’s unconstitutional and an attempt to secede from the country.
Shifts on the ANC’s national executive committee reflect the president’s gratitude, writes Charles Molele and Mmanaledi Mataboge.