Police Brutality
latest news & developmentsMchunu’s chief of staff says national commissioner ordered search and seizure to destroy evidence
Nkabinde claimed the purpose of the operation was to delete crucial evidence that would disprove Mkhwanazi’s allegations
Road to Tanzania’s presidential election paved with blood and fear
In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government
Frustration mounts as case against 17 cops who allegedly tortured, killed Chatsworth man is again postponed
Police said Regan Naidoo ‘choked on a pie’, but according to a postmortem report, he suffered multiple rib fractures, bruised lungs and a blunt force head injury
Play moves between dreaming and escaping
American play Dreamscape finds parallels in South Africa
Ipid investigates man being dragged by police van
Members attached to Kensington police in Cape Town are under investigation for alleged police brutality
Editorial: Return humanity to us
When people are robbed of their dignity, it should not be a surprise that agents of the state feel it is acceptable to beat the consciousness out of a man on the side of the road
Mbalula: Don’t blame ANC for highway police brutality
The ANC secretary general said the country would ‘forever’ remember the VIP police protection unit assault
Nigeria: Ensure accountability for attacks on peaceful protesters by security forces
State security forces act with seeming impunity despite constitutional protections for citizens
Suisse Secrets: The Kazakhstan president’s offshore stash
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has sought to distance himself from his predecessor, but his family has its own secrets: Moscow apartments, Swiss bank accounts — and a money trail that…
Dumisani Joxo: Another senseless law enforcement killing
Dumisani Joxo’s neighbours, friends and relatives speak highly of the man allegedly shot and killed by a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer.
Story of a whistleblower: ‘Baba, do you think you are about to die?
Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others
Who do the police serve and protect?
From their creation during colonisation to now, they have served the wealthy against the many
Police murder trial: 189 metal pellets killed Nathaniel ‘Lokkies’ Julies
At least 65% of the pellets in the cartridge hit the 16-year-old when he was gunned down in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, allegedly by in-training constable, Caylene Whiteboy
Editorial: South African cops need policing
Our collective apathy towards public order policing has had deadly consequences, especially for the poor
Eyewitness in Nathaniel Julies murder trial fails to identify shooter
‘He was eating something. Then we heard a gunshot go off.’ This is what Tahira Kaldine testified in court on Wednesday at the Nathaniel Julies murder trial