Gabi Motuba’s music stretches beyond jazz, transforming grief, memory and resistance into a spiritual sonic language rooted in black life and liberation
Accountability, insofar as it ever existed in the South African Police Service, has been reduced to a theoretical concept. It is time this changed.
Law enforcement cannot function adequately if its leadership structures are dysfunctional
The nascent Setsoto Service Delivery Forum is confident it can remove the ‘failing ANC’ in the chronically mismanaged Free State municipality
Our collective apathy towards public order policing has had deadly consequences, especially for the poor
Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free
Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel
The department is fighting with a small Free State town, which it accuses of continuing to employ an illegal immigrant
‘Less lethal’ weapons have resulted in deaths and severe injuries, yet there are still no guidelines
In South Africa, police brutality and violence affect black, working- class lives in particular. We must dismantle this systemic oppression
An escalation of intelligence-led operations and a wish to use military weapons give insight into increasingly violent strategies of the SAPS.
The South Human Rights Commission has been criticised by MPs over its finding on the killing of Free State protester Andries Tatane.
The family of protester Andries Tatane is suing the police for compensation for his widow and two children.
The NPA says the prosecution was let down by unreliable witnesses, chiefly the two brought to identify the police officers seen assaulting Tatane.
The state will not appeal against the acquittal of seven police officers accused of killing protester Andries Tatane, the NPA has said.
The acquittal of all the police officers being tried for the murder of Andries Tatane should come as no surprise, writes Sipho Kings.
The Ficksburg Regional Court on Thursday acquitted all seven police officers accused of the death of local protester Andries Tatane.
Seven policemen accused of killing protester Andries Tatane are expected back in the Ficksburg Regional Court.
The seven police officers accused of killing protester Andries Tatane are expected to apply for the charges to be dropped.
Interest has waned in the slain activist, but anger about township neglect simmers on, writes Sipho Kings.
