Policing

Activist lays assault charge against police after SONA

Right2Know member opens case over “bumper sticker” incident

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News | 15 February 2017

Vigilante violence leaves Malawian family homeless

“The police do nothing so the people have decided to mobilise and handle the matter themselves”

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News | 13 February 2017

Don’t treat drug users as criminals, say health workers

Harm reduction better than a police war on drugs, argues TB/HIV Care Association

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Feature | 8 February 2017

No arrests after woman mutilated and killed in Pietermaritzburg

Family of Zodwa Madlala still waiting for answers from police

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News | 7 February 2017

Video shows crowd beating man to death for stealing pots

Residents accuse police of ignoring their complaints

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News | 25 January 2017

SJC accuses police of contempt of court

Picket in Cape Town over allocation of police resources

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Brief | 24 January 2017

Woman sent from pillar to post as she tries to bury her children

Police refuse to release bodies until she pays for DNA testing

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News | 17 January 2017

Homeless in Durban “dumped” outside the city

Municipality spokesperson says “vagrants” are a “scourge”

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Feature | 9 December 2016

Meat disappears with police in East London

Police are clamping down on meat hawkers who have been operating for years, but "don't have a clue" what happens to meat they confiscate 

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News | 9 December 2016

Masiphumelele activist jailed for breaking bail conditions

Lubabalo Vellem also accused of stabbing police van tyres

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Brief | 30 November 2016

Six years on and no sign of police investigation into missing man

Gift Mutsumba disappeared one night in 2010 and has not been heard from since

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News | 29 November 2016

Night patrols started in Masiphumelele

Many residents believe it will reduce crime

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News | 11 November 2016

In Photos: a day of protest at Parliament

Three protests about the universities crisis took place at the legislature yesterday

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Photo Essay | 27 October 2016

Thousands in Fees Must Fall march on Parliament

Violence breaks out just before protest was set to end

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News | 26 October 2016

Silent war on Somalis in Port Elizabeth

Hardly a day goes by without an attack, says Somali community

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Feature | 24 October 2016

Hout Bay’s patrollers accused of being vigilantes who target innocent people

Resident recalls how he was left naked and almost dead

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News | 24 October 2016