Eleven buses were torched in Nyanga and Phillipi on Monday morning, after protest action. The body of a man, said to be a taxi driver, was found behind the Nyanga taxi rank. Two buses were torched at Nyanga bus terminus, eight at Govan Mbeki and New Eisleben and one at[…]
Deploying only police officers who speak Xhosa to Khayelitsha, Cape Town, is discriminatory and unconstitutional, the SA Policing Union (Sapu) said on Wednesday. “Whilst we acknowledge that language could be a barrier in terms of service delivery, Sapu supports the notion that the deployment of officers should never be done[…]
A commission of inquiry’s recommendations on how to improve policing in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, are “doable”, the area’s cluster commander said on Monday. Asked whether the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry’s recommendations were practical, Major-Gen Johan Brand said “definitely”. “We and the community of Khayelitsha, police forums, the non-governmental organisation, we[…]
Authorities are clamping down on crime in Bonteheuwel, following a series of gang and drug related incidents in recent weeks. The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security agencies teamed up with the South African Police Service (SAPS) for an integrated operation in Bonteheuwel and surrounds. The three-day operation saw[…]
US police have said they came under “heavy gunfire” and 31 people were arrested during protests in Ferguson, Missouri sparked by the shooting death of a black unarmed teenager by a white policeman. Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol, who is in charge of security in Ferguson, said[…]
Two former police officers filmed allegedly kicking a naked Nigerian man are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Warrant Officer David Gunn, 43, and Warrant Officer Gerrit Januarie, 46, were charged with assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Gunn was dismissed following a[…]
The relationship between the police and the community of Marikana in the North West has improved since the August 2012 unrest that left 44 people dead, police said on Thursday. Thirty-four people, mostly striking mineworkers, were shot dead in a clash with police on August 16 that year while 10[…]
Five pro-Palestinian demonstrators were held overnight at the Cape Town central police station after they were arrested for allegedly staging an illegal protest on Sunday afternoon. The five people were pulled over by police near Gardens after they had left a picket at the Sea Point Pavillion, which drew a[…]
A new directory showing where victims of violence can get help will be placed at all Western Cape police stations, social development MEC Albert Fritz said on Thursday. He said the directory offered important contact information for medical services, care centres, shelters, human trafficking service organisations and psycho-social support services.[…]
A 19 year old student’s body was found on the University of the Western Cape’s campus in Bellville on Monday. At 7.45am, Thobela Rinstana was covered up by cleaners and security in the computer lab of the campus. A student in the science department of geology, Rintsana barely got to[…]
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