Policing
Philippi community and City seek ways to end no-go zone status
Residents hold meeting while City launches specialised policing units to protect its workers and infrastructure
News | 6 June 2023
How bad is South Africa’s murder rate?
And has the Western Cape turned the corner?
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 2 June 2023
Protesters call for taverns to be shut down in central East London
“We don’t want a repeat of Enyobeni”
News | 1 June 2023
“Stop the rot”: Court interdict sought against Operation Dudula
Immigrant organisations also seek to stop police tolerance and “collusion” with the anti-immigrant movement
News | 25 May 2023
Family of man shot by police in Philippi say they waited five hours for an ambulance
Mhlangabezi Skeyi was shot while trying to connect electricity illegaly
News | 24 May 2023
Inmate Teboho Molemohi was murdered in Mangaung prison. His mother was never told what happened
Six people were convicted for Teboho’s murder, but no-one told his mother
By Daniel Steyn and Becker Semela
News | 19 May 2023
This Tshwane police station has not had electricity for three years
Rietgat station in Soshanguve used to get electricity from the train station
Brief | 11 May 2023
Where were they? State failure and Thabo Bester
Thabo Bester has been arrested, nearly a year after escaping prison. Should the state be praised for prompt action?
By Jacques Louw
Opinion | 17 April 2023
Two decades later Khayelitsha community is finally getting a police station - but it’s only temporary
This comes nearly nine years after the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing recommended that a new station be built in Makhaza
News | 29 March 2023