Policing

Study uncovers brutal policing of sex work

Civil society and the police have begun to work together to stop the abuse

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News | 23 March 2018

Charges dropped against UWC students after 16 months

“Being falsely accused and imprisoned was terrifying”

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News | 2 March 2018

State to appeal landmark Gatherings Act ruling

Police believe giving notice allows them to “facilitate the right to protest”

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Law | 22 February 2018

Police system unintentionally discriminates, argues civil society lawyer

Advocate for Social Justice Coalition defends expert witness

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News | 16 February 2018

We’ve quelled gang violence in Cape Town, claims Mbalula

But residents disagree with police minister

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News | 8 February 2018

Grandmother murdered: community furious at police response

Mpophomeni residents claim police failed to investigate earlier break-in and threat by suspect

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News | 31 January 2018

Mbalula changes Mogale City police chiefs

Action follows protests against drug dealing

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Brief | 31 January 2018

“It is me who must fix the police” says Mbalula

Mogale City: police minister promises quick action against drug dealers and corrupt cops

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News | 24 January 2018

Ten years in prison not enough for cop who killed my daughter, says Durban mother

“Justice is not rightly served when police are involved”

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News | 17 January 2018

Here’s how unfairly police are distributed

Suburbs like Sea Point, Claremont and Camps Bay have far more officers per resident than Nyanga. Why?

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Analysis | 17 January 2018

JHB neighbourhood demands police station

“Crime is too high and people are dying. We need our own police station.”

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News | 12 January 2018

Police failed to protect us from mob justice, says Eastern Cape family

Man’s house burned down after he was accused of a stabbing which never took place

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News | 9 January 2018

Marikana shooting claims two lives

Gunmen open fire in tavern

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Brief | 8 January 2018

Police say crime, not its policies, affect the poor

Judge quotes constitution to police: it’s their duty to prevent, combat and investigate crime

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Law | 1 December 2017

Policing system discriminates against black women, court told

Police claim to favour poor communities, but judge says results paint a different picture

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Law | 30 November 2017