Policing
11-year-old killed as police van crashes into shack in Cape Town
Angry residents set van alight
News | 6 October 2025
Billions needed to fix courts, prisons and police buildings
Department of Public Works has a R30-billion maintenance backlog
By GroundUp and The Outlier
Charts | 3 October 2025
Accused cop bunks court because of his dog’s “retirement party”
Regan Naidoo police brutality case postponed again: “Now we’re really angry”, says family
By Benita Enoch
Law | 30 September 2025
Twist in rape cover-up trial
Court hears that an internal hearing cleared one of the three police officers on trial
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 23 September 2025
Delayed justice: police torture trial postponed for seven months
The hearing was originally set down for July 2024 but will now only be heard in April 2026
News | 22 September 2025
Chart of the week: Getting guns off the streets
Nearly 22,000 guns were confiscated over the past five years. Almost 7,000 confiscated guns were linked to murder cases.
Text by Zora Hollie. Graph by The Outlier.
Charts | 19 September 2025
Police van crashes into shacks, injures two, and leaves families homeless
The families say SAPS only took their statements a week after the incident
News | 18 September 2025
Cape Town journalist assaulted by police, has phone confiscated – twice
Freelance reporter Sandiso Phaliso has been repeatedly, and illegally, harassed by police while working in Nyanga
News | 15 September 2025
Magistrate postpones Durban police rape cover-up trial
The trial of three officers was postponed due to a funeral
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 12 September 2025