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Forensic science: The danger of relying on a single piece of evidence

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Is the evidence used to convict criminals always based on sufficient facts or data? Leletu Tonisi from the Wits Justice Project examines some of the flaws in the system
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The price of violence: R145-billion

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The costs include expenditure on security, justice and health rather than on productive efforts, investment is driven away and psychological effects results in lower productivity
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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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Top cop’s state-funded luxury cars

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Mpumalanga police commissioner Mondli Zuma has allegedly flouted regulations to purchase a flashy fleet.
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The living nightmare of environmental activists who protest mine expansion

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Last week Fikile Ntshangase was gunned down as activists fight mining company Tendele’s expansions. Community members tell the M&G about the ‘kill lists’ and the dread they live with every day
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Female cops sent for rape counselling

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Brigadier Sifiso Cele denies the rape allegations, saying that they are part of a smear campaign and that criminal charges should have been opened if the accusations were true
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Police brutality in South Africa exposed once again

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The death of teenager Nathaniel Julius means we urgently need to refuse to allow politicians and police leadership to protect violent officers
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Metro cops, SAPS clash over control

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Tensions between the City of Cape Town and the police service over responsibilities mirrors the strain between national and local government
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Police release guidelines for the use of force during lockdown

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The guidelines follow a court order in the case of Collins Khosa, who died after an alleged assault by members of the army and the Johannesburg metro police
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Why calling the police is not an option for me

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Brutality at the hands of those meant to protect us is just too common in our society and is mostly targeted at poor, black people
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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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Khosa family approaches Constitutional Court to put an end to state brutality

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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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Police use sjamboks and rubber bullets to enforce Hillbrow lockdown

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In one of South Africa’s most densely populated suburbs, the national lockdown is being implemented with force
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Emergency call centres can’t cope

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The help-line workers and their union say there are not enough people to pick up calls — and sometimes people are shot dead while they are listening
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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

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

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