Policing
Outrage over police inaction after woman goes missing
Residents tracked down a suspect themselves
Brief | 31 October 2025
School children march for better policing after taxi driver allegedly rapes girl
Tsomo, Eastern Cape, reportedly has only two police vans for the town and 57 villages
Brief | 20 October 2025
Free State protesters demand action on crime
March in Bohlokong to hand over memorandum to police and department of justice
By Tladi Moloi
Brief | 16 October 2025
How the size of South Africa’s police force compares to other countries
The country has a growing shortage of detectives
By GroundUp and The Outlier
Charts | 10 October 2025
11-year-old killed as police van crashes into shack in Cape Town
Angry residents set van alight
News | 6 October 2025
Billions needed to fix courts, prisons and police buildings
Department of Public Works has a R30-billion maintenance backlog
By GroundUp and The Outlier
Charts | 3 October 2025
Accused cop bunks court because of his dog’s “retirement party”
Regan Naidoo police brutality case postponed again: “Now we’re really angry”, says family
By Benita Enoch
Law | 30 September 2025
Twist in rape cover-up trial
Court hears that an internal hearing cleared one of the three police officers on trial
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 23 September 2025
Delayed justice: police torture trial postponed for seven months
The hearing was originally set down for July 2024 but will now only be heard in April 2026
News | 22 September 2025