A damning report into policing in Khayelitsha was downplayed by one of its authors at the Khayelitsha commission of inquiry.
While meeting Riah Phiyega, the SAHRC has deplored deaths during protests and expressed concern over the SAPS’s use of force during protests.
In the Limpopo village where killings and allegations of muti murders have resulted in violence, there is more pain than a need for revenge.
Police head Riah Phiyega has been unable to calm the Relela community, who have seen three dead after protests erupted around a gruesome murder.
Police commissioner Riah Phiyega has defended the actions of under-siege police as new killings rock the troubled village of Kubjana near Relela.
President Jacob Zuma’s administration is accustomed to putting out fires. This time, though, it’s a little too close to home for his comfort.
Convicted drug dealer Glen Agliotti has admitted to a newspaper that he had taken a loan from a company linked to Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir.
Controversial Czech businessperson Radovan Krejcir has opened a case against the police, saying he was tortured, says a report.
Radovan Krejcir is being held somewhere "safe in custody" national police commissioner Riah Phiyega said at a press briefing on Krejcir’s arrest.
The jury is still out for crime intelligence boss, Richard Mdluli.
Some police refer to crime intelligence officers as phantoms because they aren’t doing their jobs.
The police ministry has dismissed the Institute for Security Studies’ criticism that the latest crime statistics were flawed.
Move over "Laurel & Hardy", clear the way "Spy vs Spy". There’s a new game in town starring Riah Phiyega and Richard Mdluli.
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Sanef deputy Makhudu Sefara speaks about the police’s threats of legal action over intercepted calls involving commissioner Riah Phiyega.
The South Police Service is demanding material related to intercepted calls involving Riah Phiyega from Independent Newspapers.
Steve Hofmeyr to sing for Boeremag legal fees, Riah Phiyega is no longer the president’s darling, and a not-so-legal sale in Cape Town.
Law enforcement is a mess of tit-for-tat actions and allegations as leaders battle each other instead of the criminals.
Mzwandile Tiyo has declined to discuss allegations that his team was involved in laying criminal charges against Riah Phiyega.
The use of the police, intelligence services and NPA to fight personal, professional and political battles has reached crisis proportions in SA.
The embattled national police commissioner has assured her staff that she is not guilty of any crime.
South Africans had high hopes when Riah Phiyega stepped into office as national police commissioner last year. Those hopes, it seems, were misplaced.
The IPID says it is investigating allegations of defeating the ends of justice against national police commissioner Riah Phiyega.
Western Cape’s Arno Lamoer has refused to comment on reports that national commissioner Riah Phiyega tipped him off about probes against him.
The emergence of an attempted cover-up has painted key police witnesses into a corner, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Crime stats, the Marikana commission and the Richard Mdluli judgment indicate the South African Police Service is in trouble.
ISS analyst Gareth Newham and M&G reporter Sarah Evans unpack the realities that lie beneath the numbers from this year’s national crime statistics.
Despite a rise in murder and attempted murder, police commissioner Riah Phiyega is pleased with the crime statistics.
Rape and sexual offences crimes have decreased in the past year, but murder and attempted murder has increased after a sustained downward trend.
An eleventh-hour appointment to the NPA’s legal team reveals the threat posed by lobby group Freedom Under Law in the case against Richard Mdluli.
Police have not yet proven that suspended intelligence boss Richard Mdluli was not reinstated on the instructions of higher authorities.
The case against Richard Mdluli, although intricate, comes down to one question – can citizens demand transparency of those who protect them?