Policing
Murder, rape and torture by police officers. Did IPID even investigate?
IPID used a category called “special closure” to close hundreds of such cases
Feature | 18 November 2019
Site C residents demand a police station
“We had a mobile police station about three years ago, which disappeared a year ago”
News | 14 November 2019
Community volunteers try to keep Gugulethu safe
Some Asijiki neighbourhood watch patrollers have been shot at
News | 13 November 2019
Uber owner claims extortion by taxi drivers - in the police station
Cape Town might soon witness an e-hailing war, says association
News | 12 November 2019
Townships organise private security to do police work
Households contribute R150 each for neighbourhood watches in Musina
News | 8 November 2019
Douglasdale police accused of negligence by woman who was assaulted by her husband
Eight days in hospital but police “didn’t show concern”
News | 1 November 2019
Family in Brakpan terrorised for laying rape charges
“They always break the door and enter with guns, pangas, golf clubs and sticks. They beat us”
News | 28 October 2019
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