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The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating police brutality after a man in Kensington, Cape Town, was allegedly dragged by a vehicle while handcuffed over the weekend.
CAPE TOWN

Ipid investigates man being dragged by police van

Members attached to Kensington police in Cape Town are under investigation for alleged police brutality

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
CENTRE FOR CHILD LAW

Hard Livings: The life of a child gangster

Debate is heating up over the Child Justice Amendment Act increasing the criminal capacity age from 10 to 12 years

  • Eunice Masson
12 min read
Intelligence-driven operations in Cape Town’s suburbs have led to wanted suspects being arrested and illegal drugs confiscated in a pre-festive season police clampdown.
ANTI GANG UNIT

Cape Town police confiscate illegal drugs in pre-holiday crackdown

Drug abuse trends upward during the festive season

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
No nonsense: Edward Kieswetter says ‘the actors of state capture, until today, still have their tentacles everywhere’, even in the revenue service. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CAPE TOWN

Q&A Sessions: Kieswetter, the choral master of tax

Commissioner Edward Kieswetter, head of the South African Revenue Service, will not tolerate any political interference at the tax authority

  • Lynn James
7 min read