Policing

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Still no police station five years after Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing

Police ministry and SAPS continue to fail the vulnerable and the poor, says activist

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Brief | 26 August 2019

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Women neighbourhood watch members lead crime fighting in “most dangerous” communities

“We decided that we couldn’t depend on the police to do everything”

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News | 19 August 2019

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Eyewitnesses describe police beating a man who had a mental disability

IPID appears not to have interviewed key witnesses

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Feature | 13 August 2019

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Spike in vigilante killings in Port Elizabeth

Police say communities resist investigations

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Brief | 7 August 2019

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Mothers of slain children march in Cape Town

Protest commemorates children killed by crime and gang violence

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News | 1 August 2019

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Sea Point arrest complaint substantiated says police ombudsman

But two months after Esethu Mcinjana was arrested, still no word from SAPS

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Brief | 1 August 2019

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Activists highlight how state capture affects everyday life

Collapse of Metrorail and policing is hurting poor people

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News | 28 July 2019

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GROUNDVIEW: Popular, maybe necessary, but deploying the army in townships resurrects terrible memories

We hope that it will be a temporary and effective measure; the verdict is out

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GroundView | 19 July 2019

The South African National Defence Force (SANDS) is deployed to the Cape Flats to help the police quell gang violence.

Cape Flats residents cheer arrival of army

Military deployed on Mandela Day to help quell Cape Town’s gang crime

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Photo Essay | 19 July 2019