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The labour court last week halted an attempt by the South African Police Service management to subject Major General Feroz Khan, its head of security and counter-intelligence, to an expeditious disciplinary process which could have led to his summary dismissal. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ARTICLE

A new minister must lead reform of the police 

A lack of effective political leadership has contributed to the stagnation and decline of the South African Police Service

  • David Bruce
6 min read
The full election picture is almost complete. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

Big party failures crystalise as vote count enters final stretch

With at least 66 hung councils so far, coalitions are on the agenda as ANC and DA majorities tumble

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
With just 531 criminal convictions from the 42 365 complaints, either South Africans are going out of their way to tell a whole bunch of outrageous lies or the state isn’t all that interested in doing something about police brutality.
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE AND RECONCILIATION

Police brutality is government policy

For 20 years ministers in charge of the police have been telling them to beat up or kill criminals

  • Tristen Taylor
5 min read
AZIZ PAHAD

Daring to be a Daniel

POINT: In April 2001, 22 months after Thabo Mbeki became president, the Mail & Guardian ran a full-length front-cover photograph of him alongside the question: ”Is this man fit…

  • Drew Forrest
6 min read
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS YOUTH LEAGUE

How football beat apartheid on Robben Island

Forty years after Robben Island detainees formed the Makana Football Association inside the island fortress, the club was officially recognised by Fifa, the sport’s international…

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read