Police unveil new ‘victim sensitive’ case procedures
Days after a deputy minister bashed a woman in a club, Police Minister Fikile Mbalula issued a six-point plan to fight sexual and domestic...
Do you know your rights? This new app has your back
Students from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Wits University have created an app that combines tech and social justice, to empower South...
Marikana Miners: We Still Want The R12,500 Our Brothers Died For...
On Wednesday, members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and mineworkers gathered at the Marikana Koppie to commemorate the 34 miners...
It’s time to hold the state accountable for violence against women
With the exception of couple of men, about 50 women gathered at the Hlanganisa Institute for Development in Southern Africa (HiDSA) in Parktown on...
UKZN students in court after clashing with police in med school...
On Friday, nearly 100 University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) medical school students flocked to the Durban magistrates court in support of two students who were...
Released Marikana activist says Ramaphosa and police must be arrested
On 2 August, one of the 14 arrested Marikana activists, Napoleon Webster, held a press conference along with the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...
Police watchdog can’t keep up with crooked cops
Thousands of cases of police brutality are reported in South Africa each year but only a fraction of them ever result in criminal charges....
What you need to know about extrajudicial killings in Kenya
When a Kenyan police officer shot and injured a young woman after a Wizkid concert on Saturday in Nairobi, it sparked anger among Kenyans....
Ahmed Timol inquest reveals torture and murder cover-ups by apartheid police
The second sitting of the inquest into apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's death began at the Pretoria high court on Monday. Witnesses have begun testifying...
Uber driver: ‘You can never know if you are going to...
There have been regular attacks on Uber drivers around malls, clubs and Gautrain stations since the company launched in South Africa in 2013. The...
Police and higher education ministries hold campus safety summit at UWC
The first School and Campus Safety Summit held at the University of the Western Cape discussed campus crime as well as security issues arising...
These inhospitable living conditions are the reason the #HoutbayProtests erupted
At least one person died after being caught in a hail of rubber bullets and tear gas when protests broke out in Imizamo Yethu,...
Protester killed as allegations of police brutality mark #HoutBayProtest
Residents say protester was shot in the head, at close range, with live ammunition during Monday's protest.
Court case challenges the constitutionality of protest law
On 14 June 2017, the Western Cape High Court heard a case challenging the constitutionality of the Regulation of Gatherings Act, on the grounds...
What does the reopening of Ahmed Timol’s inquest mean?
An inquest into South African Communist Party member and anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's death is set to reopen on Monday, 45 years after his...
Committee meeting on student protest policing finds inadequately trained private security...
Greater cooperation between police and universities is needed during student protests; police and universities also need to reexamine the role of private security in...
Women say Booysens police station is not taking rape cases seriously
On Thursday night, the Soul City Institute and the Soweto Women’s Forum held a vigil outside the Booysens Police Station to draw attention to...
“We didn’t know that baby Jayden would be the price we’d...
On Monday, 29 May, residents of the Foreman Road informal settlement marched to the Sydenham police station after the death of two-week-old Jayden Khoza,...
Here’s what the police are supposed to do when someone reports...
The experience of a sexual assault is violent and traumatic. The last thing you may want to do is deal with the police, especially...
Protest nation: government needs to listen better
South Africa could be entering a new era of protest. This is according to Karen Heese of Municipal IQ, an online database that monitors...
