Policing
Landmark rape ruling overturned by Supreme Court of Appeal
Rape survivor who sued the police for negligence should not get damages, court rules
News | 6 May 2020
Details of two additional alleged lockdown killings by police revealed
Police were accused of killing five people during the enforcement of the first three weeks of Covid-19 lockdown
News | 30 April 2020
The very least women of Victoria Mxenge should expect is security
Women in their sixties stay up all night to defend their neighbourhood
By Joel Bolnick
Opinion | 30 April 2020
Covid-19: Police watchdog investigation of first lockdown death reveals deep flaws
“How can they say that he just dropped dead?” asks his stepdaughter after witnesses describe how Petrus Miggels was beaten by police
Feature | 29 April 2020
Police close immigrant-owned spaza shops “for their own safety”
“Police are only concentrating on road blocks” complains shop owner
News | 17 April 2020
Covid-19: Lockdown creates ripe pickings for corrupt police
Revealed: A staggering range of police corruption
Feature | 15 April 2020
Covid-19: Angry taxi drivers set tyres alight outside police station in Uitenhage
Local police have impounded about 60 informal jikeleza taxis since the lockdown
News | 14 April 2020
Two dogs shot in Khayelitsha lockdown recovering
“We were completely shocked. We confronted the officer and asked him why he shot the dogs like that”
News | 8 April 2020
IPID records six alleged killings by police in first week of lockdown
IPID is also investigating 13 complaints related to shootings and 14 assault cases
Brief | 3 April 2020