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KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (@SAPoliceService/X)
AMAPANYAZA

Provincial commissioners need more authority, KZN police chief Mkhwanazi tells Senzo Mchunu

The lieutenant-general is adamant that delegating the recruitment and structuring of police to SAPS provincial offices is crucial to quality policing

  • Des Erasmus
10 min read
Violent: Official figures indicated that the South African police kill more than twice the number of people per capita than the police in the United States. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO

Blue lies: Police killings must always be carefully interrogated

South Africa is a terrifyingly violent country, but giving the police licence to kill can only make things worse

  • Richard Pithouse
8 min read
Panyaza Lesufi’s utterances last weekend were not just politically foolish, but profoundly dangerous. (Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
AMAPANYAZA

Violence begets violence

It is all too easy to speculate that amaPanyaza was always intended to be a weapon in Lesufi’s election agenda

  • Editorial
2 min read