South Africa is a terrifyingly violent country, but giving the police licence to kill can only make things worse
Luyanda Fuzile was sentenced for the shooting of Sergeant Nametso Ignatius Molema in 2021
Dumisani Joxo’s neighbours, friends and relatives speak highly of the man allegedly shot and killed by a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer.
Amadou Diallo, a Guinean man, was killed by NYPD officers 21 years ago. Today protesters still invoke his name as they fight for justice
Statistics suggest there was more than one police unit in the province linked to unlawful killings.
The family of a 12-year-old boy who was shot by police while wielding a gun that turned out to be a toy, wants to conduct their own investigation.
It’s common knowledge that police are only allowed to use force as an absolute last resort when managing protests, but what exactly does the law say?
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has come out in defence of the police, saying they are well trained and not brutal.
The deaths of three police officers in the Western Cape have reignited a battle between government and the DA-led provincial government over policing.
An off-duty police officer has been shot dead in Mitchell’s Plain in the Western Cape, police say, marking the third killing of its kind since Sunday.
Telling the real story behind the shocking killings on the koppie of Lonmin’s Marikana mine was never going to be easy, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Contrary to current perceptions, the number of policemen murdered every year has dropped by 61.9% since 1994, the Institute of Race Relations says.
Two police officers were shot dead in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning, Gauteng police said.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa will look for a solution to police killings in an upcoming summit with various organisations and forums, he has said.
Police are fighting a war they did not declare, police chief Bheki Cele said during the funeral of police reservist Mark Ishlove on Monday.
Police chief Bheki Cele has commended police on fighting crime over the weekend despite the recent spate of murders of police officers on duty.
A police colonel on Monday asked a judge to make an example of a policeman’s killer, saying the victim had paid with his life to maintain law.
Cabinet has expressed its alarm at the steady rise in the number of police officers killed by criminal elements.
The South African Human Rights Commission on Tuesday condemned the killing of police officers in the line of duty.
South African police shot dead 556 people last year, the highest number in 12 years, media reports said on Thursday.
