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The South African Police Service on Wednesday was unable to tell parliament’s portfolio committee on police exactly how many of its officers were not competent to carry firearms. (RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)
ANDRIES TATANE

Confronting the power of the police

Accountability, insofar as it ever existed in the South African Police Service, has been reduced to a theoretical concept. It is time this changed.

  • Ziyanda Stuurman
5 min read
Residents are dispersed by the South African Police Service during a demonstration in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, on August 27, 2020. (Photo by Ali Greeff/AFP)
BHEKI CELE

Police brutality in South Africa exposed once again

The death of teenager Nathaniel Julius means we urgently need to refuse to allow politicians and police leadership to protect violent officers

  • Ziyanda Stuurman
5 min read
Recent history proves that when the military are deployed to do community level policing the results are ugly, writes the author. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images)
CAPE FLATS

Military intervention is not a crime-fighting solution

Moving towards militarised policing in South Africa could prove to be a deadly mistake

  • Ziyanda Stuurman
8 min read