Counterfeits

Can policing deliver justice in South Africa? For the vast majority of the country’s history, the answer has been no

Status has become so important to us that our streets and malls are awash with counterfeit merchandise

The border management authority threatens “to be an auxiliary police service”, creating “oversecuritised zones”

The Hawks have confiscated counterfeit goods estimated to be worth over R800 000 from shop owners in Limpopo and Gauteng.

Until Mandela was hospitalised in a blaze of publicity earlier this year, no forgeries had been seen in circulation.