In 2014, Judge Kate O'Regan and Advocate Vusi Pikoli chaired a commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha. GroundUp covered the inquiry in depth. Here are our reports as well as contributed opinion pieces from the inquiry.
Police ministry and SAPS continue to fail the vulnerable and the poor, says activist
Brief | 26 August 2019
“People would rather resolve an issue themselves than wait for police”
News | 5 June 2019
Victory for Social Justice Coalition may result in poorer areas getting more officers
By Thembela Ntongana and GroundUp Staff
Brief | 14 December 2018
Magistrate’s decision greeted with tears by protesters
News | 27 June 2018
“It cannot be we parachute in and parachute out,” resident tells police minister at launch of latest crime prevention operation in Cape Town
News | 16 May 2018
Activists want court to declare that present system discriminates against poor people
Law | 27 November 2017
“People are being targeted even going to the toilet”
News | 30 August 2017
Western Cape Premier and SJC disagree on police track record
News | 25 August 2017
Areas with highest murder rates have fewer police resources, says SJC
Brief | 20 July 2017