Policing
Still no services after 21 years, say Silversands residents
Community want potholes and sewers fixed and a police station, clinic, taxi rank and library built
By Vincent Lali
News | 23 October 2019
Concourt rules apartheid intimidation legislation unconstitutional
1982 law criminalised free speech
By Zoë Postman
Law | 22 October 2019
IPID scrambles to contain fall-out ahead of Parliament appearance
Watchdog to present annual report on Thursday following findings of statistical manipulation
News | 10 October 2019
Month’s end at IPID: A time for “killing files”?
The police watchdog completes a suspiciously large number of cases on certain dates
By Daneel Knoetze and Laura Grant
News | 8 October 2019
Key takeaways: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality
There were over 42,000 criminal complaints against the police from April 2012 to March 2019, and only 531 successful prosecutions
News | 7 October 2019
Viewfinder: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA
Public records, government data, whistleblowers and victim testimony have converged to show how crimes by police officers have not been investigated properly
Feature | 7 October 2019
Two crime hotspots still without permanent police stations
Five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry, recommendation to build new station still not implemented
News | 27 September 2019
March against crime in Khayelitsha
Residents demand better policing to combat gender-based violence
Brief | 26 September 2019
Concourt orders Minister of Police to pay R300,000 for wrongful arrest
Judges reaffirm right of accused to be brought to court within 48 hours
By Ciaran Ryan
Law | 25 September 2019