Policing

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Hundreds arrested in PRASA crackdown

Western Cape Regional Manager says copper theft has reached unprecedented levels

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News | 27 March 2019

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Residents burn down Alra Park police station

Claims of race discrimination in housing allocation

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News | 25 March 2019

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Pietermaritzburg community gripped by fear as witnesses and police are murdered

“These murders are done by people who are known”

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News | 22 March 2019

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Police officers march to Parliament

Protesters say they have been overlooked for promotions

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Brief | 19 March 2019

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We’re afraid to leave our homes, Lavender Hill residents tell police minister

Bheki Cele did a walkabout of Lavender Hill on Friday

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News | 8 March 2019

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PE residents want police station commander removed

Protesters allege corruption and incompetence at Motherwell SAPS

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News | 1 March 2019

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It’s “war” on the Cape Flats

“We are living in fear” says Lentegeur Community Policing Forum chair

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Brief | 27 February 2019

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“I want all my rapists to be arrested”

Rape survivor says the police have failed her time and again

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News | 20 February 2019

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Concern over high number of vigilante killings in PE

At least 13 people killed in past four months

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Brief | 19 February 2019

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Police chalk up arrests with anti-gang units

But civil society tells Parliament that an untrained and under resourced police force is failing communities

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Parliament | 13 February 2019

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Activist leader Axolile Notywala arrested

Residents of informal settlements demand sanitation in protest aimed at Mayor Dan Plato

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News | 31 January 2019

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SAPS appeals police resources judgment

Social Justice Coalition says appeal will hurt vulnerable communities

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Brief | 24 January 2019

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Cape Flats residents confront police minister

Please give me a chance, says Bheki Cele in response to residents’ attacks

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News | 22 January 2019

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Court rules that allocation of police in Western Cape is discriminatory

Victory for Social Justice Coalition may result in poorer areas getting more officers

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Brief | 14 December 2018

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We hope it won’t just be a decoration, says resident as temporary Nyanga police station opened

Minister silent on permanent station promised for 2023

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News | 12 December 2018

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“My cousin was stabbed to death this year … My friend’s uncle was shot seven times”

Minister promises new police station and anti-gang unit for northern areas of Port Elizabeth

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News | 11 December 2018