police violence

NationalSipho Kings | 2019-05-24 00:00:00

Parliament has a new speaker — Thandi Modise. In welcoming her to the role, politicians spoke about her time as an ANC guerrilla and her...

[Video]Sex work and soccer: More alike than you think?

Multimedia | 2019-04-26 14:09:00

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?

Childish Gambino shows us America

Arts and CultureZaza Hlalethwa | 2018-05-11 00:00:00

It starts in a well-lit, empty hangar, with only a guitar placed on a chair. A man walks in, takes a seat and starts to strums the guitar. At first...

Editorial: Cops are shooting down democracy

EditorialsEditorial | 2017-09-15 00:00:00

In the Western Cape, a child is shot in the mouth by a police officer. Horrifying images are repeated all over the internet.

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

NationalTammy Petersen | 2017-06-28 13:43:00

South Africa 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...

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

Arts and CultureKuntha Ndimande | 2017-04-21 00:00:00

OPINION’Tis the season to be marching against our president — or to use protest action to salvage neoliberalism and to save free...

Web archives open up the truth about Marikana

AnalysisSafia Khan, Tim Fish Hodgson | 2017-03-23 00:00:00

COMMENTThe report by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana massacre, released in June 2015, left South Africa with more...

Police violence results from a lack of direction

AnalysisPaul McNally | 2016-11-04 00:00:00

POLICINGI see a few healthy spikes of the Nelson Mandela Bridge from my office window at the journalism school at the University of the...

Student leader shot in the back thirteen times

NationalGovan Whittles | 2016-10-21 00:00:00

University of Witwatersrand students abandoned a march to the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters on Thursday when two of their leaders were...

Sasco to ANC: Test free education

NationalGovan Whittles | 2016-10-21 00:00:00

A fresh set of demands to resolve the #FeesMustFall crisis was presented to Cabinet this week after a confidential meeting between the ANC’s...

Universities’ security path ups the ante

EducationJane Duncan | 2016-10-14 00:00:00

COMMENT"Burn to be heard.” This chilling statement has been doing the rounds through word of mouth and social media on campuses in recent...

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

AnalysisGlenda Daniels | 2016-10-05 00:00:00

Attacks on journalists during protests are increasing and getting more violent every year.

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