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GBV stats show our priorities

Editorial Editorial - 28 Aug 2020

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?

Vigorous policing of petty crime during the pandemic suggests a Pyrrhic defeat

Coronavirus Casper Lӧtter - 29 Jul 2020

The ideological aims of the criminal justice system in dysfunctional societies, like South Africa, is to indirectly legitimise the inequitable economic system

Police respond to rural water protests with bullets

National Anna Majavu - 14 Jul 2020

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

Cartoon: Carlos on respect for the law

Cartoons Carlos - 3 Jul 2020

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

Africa Kelsey Nielsen & Caleb Okereke - 2 Jul 2020

White supremacy must be held to account if systemic anti-blackness is to be rooted out of society

Speaking out against D’banj

Africa Vincent Desmond - 29 Jun 2020

After accusing the Afrobeats superstar of rape, Seyitan Babatayo was arrested

Audacious Zambian protesters outsmart the police

Africa Simon Allison - 26 Jun 2020

Tired of being arrested and beaten up at protests, young activists tried something different and it worked

Nine months later and still no suspects in Eastern Cape village rape and murder case

National Athandiwe Saba - 24 Jun 2020

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

Africa Douglas Lucas Kivoi - 8 Jun 2020

Kenya has a long history of policing with excessive force, often resulting in unnecessary deaths. Recently at...

Images of black death satisfy disturbing desires and purposes

Opinion Patrick Gathara - 5 Jun 2020

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

Khosa family: Crucial witnesses not interviewed by defence force and police unit

Article Franny Rabkin - 3 May 2020

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

Article Franny Rabkin - 30 Apr 2020

The defence minister said allegations in court papers that she had violated people’s rights had no basis in law

An end to police and army brutality is still urgent – Khosa family

Article Franny Rabkin - 27 Apr 2020

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

Gangs profit though guns are silent

Article Lester Kiewit - 23 Apr 2020

The lockdown has seen fewer incidents of gang violence in some dangerous Cape Town areas, but the criminal underworld is still hard at work

Khosa family approaches Constitutional Court to put an end to state brutality

Article Franny Rabkin - 20 Apr 2020

The partner of Collins Khosa — allegedly killed by soldiers and police officers — says the army and police force have become a law unto themselves

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UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

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special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs