South Africa must deal with the economic sabotage that is keeping the country in the dark
The Democratic Alliance needs to realistically assess how it can support LGBTQIA+ people, particularly if it wants to claim to help this community
The firearm believed to have been used by the sergeant in the shooting was reportedly stolen soon after the incident
On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure
The persecution of the ‘troublesome’ Teffo began in earnest after he took on two criminal matters in which he says police and politicians are complicit in charging the wrong people, those he is defending
More revelations in multimillion-rand Mayfair kidnapping
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The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning
But the police minister expresses confidence in country’s security and says people must ‘just relax’ even though President Cyril Ramaphosa had to be moved to safety twice during ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations
Cases against the police date back to 2006, and include wrongful arrests and assaults
Investigation: Inside a kidnapping rescue mission gone wrong. The result? The alleged shooting of a Somali civilian
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Minister of police only receives information from national commissioner that relates to him, commission hears
The National Prosecuting Authority’s leaders have been accused of bowing to external pressures for the stalled arrest of police generals
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From their creation during colonisation to now, they have served the wealthy against the many
In the three-month period 6 163 murders occurred, a 20.7% increase from the same period last year, and 9 556 rapes were reported, a rise of 7.1%. The number of sexual offences was 11 964, up 4.7%
Right2Know says it is supporting artists’ right to protest after police intervened in a demonstration outside the ministry
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Police minister Bheki Cele said they have identified the KZN, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces as high risk areas deploying a high contingent of police and SANDF
Ziyanda Stuurman’s new book critiques the South African police and their role in society
The most-reported crimes range from extortion and abuse of authority to Covid-19 related graft, according to a new report by Corruption Watch
Most of the 1 600 participants in the study believe the government is doing an inefficient job in combating corruption, according to Afrobarometer
The governing party will call off political activities in areas of KwaZulu-Natal where threats are detected ahead of time
Women sleep outside in the cold to stop what they consider mineral theft by a mining company, with state collusion
As long as there’s no political will to change policing in this country, there is not much that can be done, say civil rights activists
Improving firearms control legislation is clearly one such needed intervention to prevent the further diversion of legal guns into the hands of criminals
The rise in crime levels is reduced to single-figures when compared with stats for 2019
Mike Sonko first rose to fame (and infamy) as a taxi overlord. He used his power to become the governor of Nairobi, before being outfoxed by the political elite
Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her
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Court hears that the case against the accused in Free State asbestos case, including Magashule, relies on inadmissible Zondo commission testimony
In Madlala, the police and army broke into homes in an operation to retrieve stolen goods. After they left, a woman lay dead in a pool of her blood behind a shack
The flare-up of the taxi war in the Western Cape has again shown the industry’s ability to hold commuters, the state and the local economy to ransom
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But despite the calm, rival taxi associations have not yet made peace in their turf war
The closure of the Mbekweni/Paarl and Bellville route comes as negotiations between taxi operators fail and will affect thousands of commuters
The Western Cape taxi war now threatens commuters on the Golden Arrow bus service, with talks between various stakeholders not yielding a solution