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Police Violence

Bigger than Sharpeville: Story of South Africa’s worst apartheid-era massacre retold
Opinion
/ 8 June 2021

Bigger than Sharpeville: Story of South Africa’s worst apartheid-era massacre retold

Review: Bloody Sunday: The Nun, the Defiance Campaign and South Africa’s Secret Massacre by Mignonne Breier

By Edwin T Smith
The economic effects of racism are more deadly than Covid-19
Opinion
/ 2 October 2020

The economic effects of racism are more deadly than Covid-19

A recent report shows that racism has cost the US economy $16-trillion in growth over the past two decades. If the financial-services industry wants to show that Black Lives Matter, it needs to rethink how it allocates capital

By Charles R Stith
Sex work and soccer: More alike than you think?
Videos
/ 26 April 2019

Sex work and soccer: More alike than you think?

One in three sex workers in South Africa say they’ve been raped by a police officer. Could a change in the law solve this?

By Dylan Bush
Childish Gambino shows us America
Article
/ 11 May 2018

Childish Gambino shows us America

‘This is America’ comes amid the world’s leisurely smartphone view of the United States’ ongoing political and cultural pandemonium.

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Editorial: Cops are shooting down democracy
Article
/ 15 September 2017

Editorial: Cops are shooting down democracy

Have South Africans become inured to heavy-handed police action in response to protests, as it did during apartheid and back in the colonial conquest?

By Editorial
Big drop in cop killings, but SA still relatively dangerous for cops
Article
/ 28 June 2017

Big drop in cop killings, but SA still relatively dangerous for cops

SA remains a relatively dangerous country in which to serve as a police officer, despite a 52% drop in the rate of cop killings over the past decade.

By Staff Reporter
The weekly pop sack: A secret, a poser and a burnt Ntlemeza
Article
/ 21 April 2017

The weekly pop sack: A secret, a poser and a burnt Ntlemeza

The Democratic Alliance thought it would strike while the iron is hot and lead another march to the provincial treasury in Limpopo.

By Kuntha Ndimande
Web archives open up the truth about Marikana
Analysis
/ 23 March 2017

Web archives open up the truth about Marikana

New web archives give the public access to the full range of evidence from the Farlam commission.

By Tim Fish Hodgson
​Police violence results from a lack of direction
Analysis
/ 4 November 2016

​Police violence results from a lack of direction

And they will continue to abuse their power until accountability and structural problems are fixed.

By Staff Reporter
Student leader shot in the back thirteen times
Article
/ 21 October 2016

Student leader shot in the back thirteen times

The shooting took place outside the university’s careers and counselling development unit.

By Govan Whittles
​Sasco to ANC: Test free education
Article
/ 21 October 2016

​Sasco to ANC: Test free education

They presented a list of new demands, including raising the fees funding cap to R900 000.

By Govan Whittles
​Universities’ security path ups the ante
Article
/ 14 October 2016

​Universities’ security path ups the ante

Ironically, they ignore ample research about how protests turn violent when policing escalates.

By Staff Reporter
Protesters use the media, but they and the police turn on journalists
Analysis
/ 5 October 2016

Protesters use the media, but they and the police turn on journalists

Reporting is essential in a democracy but police and demonstrators don’t always see it that way.

By Glenda Daniels
​We’re a society steeped in violence
Article
/ 30 September 2016

​We’re a society steeped in violence

The likelihood of being offed, especially if it’s linked to politics and power, is pretty high.

By Staff Reporter
Fed-up UKZN says destroying property is not going to help gain free education
Article
/ 9 September 2016

Fed-up UKZN says destroying property is not going to help gain free education

‘Tensions are on the increase and we are very concerned.’

By Prega Govender
Thousands take to US streets to protest police violence
Article
/ 9 July 2016

Thousands take to US streets to protest police violence

Demonstrators block roads as public outcry over the fatal shootings of two black men by law enforcement officials intensifies.

By Staff Reporter
When dog bites man really is the story
Analysis
/ 28 February 2016

When dog bites man really is the story

The world hasn’t changed; what’s changed is our ability to pass off the grotesque as unremarkable

By Gary Younge

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