SAPS has 535 trauma counsellors serving 172 000 personnel, meaning that only about 5 000 of them can receive therapy each year.
President Jacob Zuma needs to allay fears the country is fast becoming a "corruption-ridden banana republic", Cosatu has said.
The deadly force by police in Durban that left six criminals dead has reignited concern about the alarming levels of police violence in KwaZulu-Natal.
The police union wants an investigation into how R24-million was spent on "wasteful" police day festivities, and called for the event to be cancelled.
When a population is afraid of its own protectors, all the factors contributing to police-on-civilian violence must be examined.
A <i>Mail & Guardian</i> investigation has turned an alarming spotlight on SAPS’s heavy-handed, military-style approach to the training of recruits.
This year 36 police officers have been killed so far, yet there is no public outcry, says General Bheki Cele.
The ICD has cleared the police over the Sutherland, Karoo, shooting of French fugitives Philippe Ménière and Agnes Jardel.
The death of Andries Tatane at the hands of police officers has led South Africans to question the direction in which law-enforcement is moving.
What do you do when you have less than three months before the next "final" deadline for the controversial Protection of Information Bill?
Dossier claims the involvement of disloyal ‘Mbeki men’ in investigating Mdluli.
Allegations that crime intelligence boss Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli was involved in a 1999 murder appear to have set off a propaganda war.
Presidential power to extend the chief justice’s term undermines independence.
A cellphone clip of police brutalising a resident during the Ermelo uprising backs up torture claims.
The two crime intelligence officers suspended after paying an official visit to the offices of public protector were following orders, says Sapu.
If history is the judge, acting against high-ranking political figures isn’t a good career move.
Amid denial of knowledge of any raid on the protector’s office Madonsela is called to ‘engage’ with Cabinet.
The Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, is entitled to enlist the aid of the Special Investigating Unit when investigating, says her office.
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/ 28 January 2011
The ICD has confirmed that it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a farmer in Babanango in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 20 December 2010
The police said on Monday they were "surprised" by the <em>Sunday Independent</em>’s allegations that a reporter had been placed under surveillance.
More than four years after a 14-year-old boy allegedly used his trousers to hang himself in a police cell, the inquest into his death has begun.
Discovery of unrecorded post-mortem reports and allegations of police negligence and manipulation of crime figures raises alarm bells
The death of a teenager in police custody remains a mystery four years after he allegedly hanged himself.
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/ 25 October 2010
Zambia’s drug-busting agency has approached Interpol to help bring the man behind the controversial Tara KLamp circumcision device back home.
The Presidency has announced corruption probes into several government departments — including the South African Police Services.
Protesters fired live ammunition at firemen, pelted police with stones and barricaded roads in Mamelodi East, the city of Tshwane said on Tuesday.
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/ 21 January 2010
Researchers and the police trade union have warned that the South African Police Service’s drive to lure back 50 000 retired officers could founder.
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/ 11 December 2009
Despite the chaos in Cape Town last Friday, World Cup organisers say all will be under control come crunch time, writes Lucky Sindane.
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/ 18 November 2009
The country’s Constitution and its Employment Equity Act were pitted against each other on Wednesday in the Labour Court in Johannesburg.
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/ 17 November 2009
A senior superintendent said on Tuesday the SAPS invited all employees to apply for posts knowing they were reserved for particular racial groups.
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/ 28 September 2009
South African Police Service members on sick leave cost the taxpayer about R536-million last year, it emerged on Monday.
A Zimbabwean minister who was assaulted during a robbery in Bryanston, should have asked for VIP protection from police, a SAPS spokesperson said.