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Police Misconduct

Gauteng teacher wins case against police minister after unlawful arrest, detention
Crime
/ 28 September 2024

Gauteng teacher wins case against police minister after unlawful arrest, detention

Police were unaware of the law and a national instruction that gives them discretion in dealing with domestic violence arrests

By Tania Broughton
Let’s redirect our Oscar Pistorius outrage to the broken and unbalanced justice system
Article
/ 8 July 2016

Let’s redirect our Oscar Pistorius outrage to the broken and unbalanced justice system

Editorial: Even if Pistorius goes to jail for the rest of his life, it won’t fix the broken, failing and unbalanced justice system.

By Editorial
Police commissioner rejects SAIRR report on SAPS criminality
Article
/ 28 January 2015

Police commissioner rejects SAIRR report on SAPS criminality

Riah Phiyega has rejected a South African Institute for Race Relations report on police involvement in serious and violent crimes as "malicious".

By Sarah Evans
Lack of trust cripples fight against crime
Analysis
/ 5 June 2014

Lack of trust cripples fight against crime

A commission of inquiry has highlighted the massive task facing the SAPS and the community.

By Simone Haysom
Police must learn to make protest work
Analysis
/ 22 May 2014

Police must learn to make protest work

They must assume that people want to deliver messages – and help them to do so.

By Staff Reporter
Khuli Chana shooting a symptom of inept ‘use of force’ policy
Article
/ 29 October 2013

Khuli Chana shooting a symptom of inept ‘use of force’ policy

When musician Khuli Chana was shot by the police on Monday morning, the officers may themselves have been unclear on whether they were acting legally.

By Sarah Evans
One thousand cops arrested since 2010
Article
/ 13 June 2013

One thousand cops arrested since 2010

One thousand police officials have been arrested for crime in the past three years, says Gauteng police commissioner Mzwandile Petros.

By Sapa
No image available
Article
/ 5 March 2010

Crime stats rot spreads

Disillusioned senior officer quits and blows the whistle on the alleged fiddling of case dockets.

By Glynnis Underhill
No image available
Article
/ 8 February 2010

Hewana’s behaviour ‘not in line with official conduct’

Former Goodwood police station commander Siphiwe Hewana’s interference with the Tony Yengeni drunken-driving docket was not common practice for SAPS.

By Staff Reporter
No image available
Article
/ 20 January 2010

French journo ‘brutalised’ by metro cops

SA police are investigating a case of police brutality aimed at an award winning French journalist, after her ordeal made headlines in France.

By Yolandi Groenewald
No image available
Article
/ 6 April 2009

Cops in torture death probe

Fifteen members of the Western Cape’s top crime-fighting unit are being investigated for murder, writes
Pearlie Joubert.

By Staff Reporter

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