Police brutality

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Mother of injured 10-year-old boy lays complaint against police

Sikhumbuzo Soni was shot in the mouth during protests in Pietermaritzburg

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News | 12 September 2016

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Hout Bay man is living with a rubber bullet in his head

Delon Egypt is one of 14 suing police for damages

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News | 6 September 2016

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Homeless in city ask society to change its ways

Nearly 300 “street people” have put their names to a list of demands

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News | 27 July 2016

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Two years later, still no action on police assault

Witnesses yet to be interviewed

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News | 26 July 2016

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Abuse of sex workers by police rife

Women’s Legal Centre details hundreds of cases of rape, assault, harassment and unlawful arrest

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News | 22 July 2016

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Man stuck with R98,000 hospital bill after police shooting

Investigation into 2005 incident still incomplete

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News | 8 July 2016

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No justice for Patrick Sobutyu two years after he was shot by police

Neither IPID nor SAPS has finished investigation

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News | 1 July 2016

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Student wants answers following alleged police assault

Unclear if proper investigation has taken place

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News | 27 May 2016

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Man taken to court after he films alleged police brutality

Saps watchdog recommends prosecution of constable

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News | 18 May 2016

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Police watchdogs are “outright liars”

No evidence of IPID investigation into assaults witnessed by Eduard Grebe

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News | 13 April 2016

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1960s pass law protests commemorated in city

Symbolic march led by Philip Kgosana

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Brief | 30 March 2016

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Protesters condemn “apartheid-style” harassment of student activist

Police say that one of the best detectives is investigating the case

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Brief | 4 March 2016

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Eduard Grebe’s allegations against police have not been investigated

Further reports of police brutality surface

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News | 21 January 2016

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Rastafarians protest against police brutality

An article by Eduard Grebe highlighting police brutality spurred the Cape Town Rastafarian community to protest outside Woodstock Police Station today.

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News | 14 January 2016

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I was jailed for filming a police assault

How the cops locked me up for trying to stop police brutality and then carried out an even more vicious beating in front of me.

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News | 8 January 2016

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“The police & I”: a sex worker’s story

Richard is a 38-year-old, gay male sex worker. He was born in East London and has been based in Cape Town since 1999. He has been in “the business” (the sex work industry) for over 20 years.

Jonathan Dockney

News | 6 August 2013