But civil society tells Parliament that an untrained and under resourced police force is failing communities
Parliament | 13 February 2019
Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato
News | 31 January 2019
Social Justice Coalition says appeal will hurt vulnerable communities
Brief | 24 January 2019
Please give me a chance, says Bheki Cele in response to residents’ attacks
News | 22 January 2019
Victory for Social Justice Coalition may result in poorer areas getting more officers
By Thembela Ntongana and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 14 December 2018
Minister silent on permanent station promised for 2023
News | 12 December 2018
Minister promises new police station and anti-gang unit for northern areas of Port Elizabeth
News | 11 December 2018
Community members of Cape Flats praise police but complain about a lack of cooperation
News | 29 November 2018
“We are waging a war on crime”
News | 22 November 2018
Men who “confessed” under torture were later acquitted in court
Feature | 8 November 2018
New website will allow people to report police corruption
By Kim Reynolds
Brief | 8 November 2018
Dylan Pelton, a teenage victim of Bonteheuwel’s gang violence, would have turned 20 on 5 November
Feature | 5 November 2018
“We must give jobs to the gangsters. It’s not all about the violence” retorts resident
News | 2 November 2018
Much grandstanding, little substance in Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police hearing
By Saam Niami Jalinous and Kim Reynolds
News | 30 October 2018
All three levels of government co-operate in latest effort to protect Cape Town’s train commuters
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Phathiswa Shushwana
Brief | 29 October 2018
Rubber bullets fired and shop looted
Text by Kim Reynolds. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
Photo Essay | 18 October 2018