Policing
Memorial held for Dumisani Joxo who was killed, allegedly by a Cape Town officer
Joxo, a homeless man, was shot on 9 January 2022
News | 14 January 2022
Deadline looms for families facing eviction from police safehouses
“Where are we going to go? Back to the community where police are treated like dogs?”
News | 10 December 2021
Did SAPS enable a brutal murder by leaving this problem cop unpunished?
SAPS is failing to act against brutal cops
Daneel Knoetze for Viewfinder
Feature | 1 December 2021
State liable for damages after teenager shot by off-duty cop
Court found it “shocking” that officer had been given a firearm despite failing shooting tests and being “consistently incompetent”
Law | 9 November 2021
No confidence in the police, so residents have taken matters into their own hands
Patrollers keep Eldorado Park safe
Video | 9 November 2021
Makhaza finally gets a temporary police station
Police say construction of a permanent police station still on the cards for Khayelitsha
Brief | 2 November 2021
Give us better cops, say Mitchells Plain protesters
Residents of one of Cape Town’s largest townships demand better cops
Brief | 28 October 2021
Sexual offences cases are being withdrawn due to DNA processing backlog
Over 37,000 DNA specimens yet to be processed in the Western Cape alone
Brief | 26 October 2021
Vital Concourt judgment on warrantless searches
Case arises out of “degrading and invasive” raids on “poor and vulnerable” communities in downtown Johannesburg
Law | 25 October 2021