Policing
Philippi satellite police station to open after two-year wait
The community is desperate for more policing
Brief | 13 June 2024
State completes investigation into three SAPS officers charged with torturing Cape Town barber
No response from SAPS on whether the three are still employed or on duty
Brief | 7 June 2024
Public Protector releases damning report on the handling of gender-based violence complaints
Report says the departments of Justice, Police and Social Development are falling short
News | 4 June 2024
New police station finally opens in Khayelitsha, ending a nearly 20-year wait
Construction of a permanent station in Makhaza will start next year, says Bheki Cele
News | 17 May 2024
The traffic department that hasn’t issued a ticket for years
“We used to have ticket books, but they were stolen” says a traffic officer in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Johnnie Isaac
News | 15 May 2024
Three Cape Town SAPS officers appear in court for torture of barber
The officers were arrested on Monday, five months after Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted at his workplace
Brief | 23 April 2024
Finally, five months after police were filmed assaulting a barber, they have been charged
Juma Igiranieza was brutally assaulted during an unexpected raid
News | 15 April 2024
Police drive into woman, break her pelvis, shoot rubber bullets into crowd and drive off
Nolwazi Tokhwe from Capricorn is being treated in hospital. She also has a fractured spine and injured right arm.
News | 28 March 2024
Damning report on “state of disrepair” of many police stations
The committee recommended that SAPS finds a way to be less dependent on Public Works
News | 28 March 2024