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America’s lessons for African dictators

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COMMENT: Trump’s attacks on democracy grab the headlines, but the real story is one of democratic resilience
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Can our police be trusted with their weapons?

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COMMENT: Excessive force and lack of accountability characterise South Africa’s police force
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GBV stats show our priorities

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What chance do we have of tackling the deeper psychological and societal problems that drive violence against women if we cannot even do the basics?
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Vigorous policing of petty crime during the pandemic suggests a Pyrrhic defeat

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The ideological aims of the criminal justice system in dysfunctional societies, like South Africa, is to indirectly legitimise the inequitable economic system
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Police respond to rural water protests with bullets

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The coronavirus has hit the Eastern Cape hard, but many rural areas in the province still have no clean water for hand washing, forcing residents to break lockdown regulations to protest
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Cartoon: Carlos on respect for the law

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It appears that those tasked with enforcing the law don't know it.
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We were arrested in Uganda while protesting for black lives

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White supremacy must be held to account if systemic anti-blackness is to be rooted out of society
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Speaking out against D’banj

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After accusing the Afrobeats superstar of rape, Seyitan Babatayo was arrested
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Audacious Zambian protesters outsmart the police

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Tired of being arrested and beaten up at protests, young activists tried something different and it worked
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Nine months later and still no suspects in Eastern Cape village rape and murder case

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Aviwe Wellem’s violent death shook a village in the Eastern Cape, but the DNA results are still not back and no one has been arrested.
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Why violence is a hallmark of Kenyan policing. And what needs to change

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Kenya has a long history of policing with excessive force, often resulting in unnecessary deaths. Recently at least six people died from police violence...
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Images of black death satisfy disturbing desires and purposes

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The protests sweeping the United States after the latest police killing of a black man again speak to the ability of images to evoke powerful emotional responses
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Khosa family: Crucial witnesses not interviewed by defence force and police unit

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In court papers, the family says the investigations into the death of Collins Khosa are neither impartial nor effective
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Mapisa-Nqakula: Investigation into Khosa’s death almost complete

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The defence minister said allegations in court papers that she had violated people’s rights had no basis in law
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An end to police and army brutality is still urgent – Khosa family

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The family of Collins Khosa, who died after police and army personnel assaulted him, says the easing of the lockdown does not spell the end of police abuse of power
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Pay-TV inquiry probes the Multichoice monopoly

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Africa’s largest subscription television operator says it is under threat amid the emerging popularity of global platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime

​No apology or comfort as another Marikana mother dies without justice

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Nomawethu Ma’Bhengu Sompeta, whose funeral will be held this weekend, was unequivocal in calling out the government for its response to the Marikana massacre

Covid-overflow hospital in ruins as SIU investigates

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A high-level probe has begun into hundreds of millions of rand spent by the Gauteng health department to refurbish a hospital that is now seven months behind schedule – and lying empty

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