SIPHO MASONDO Maya, 59, is the father of Zakhele Maya, the community leader who helped organise last year's service-delivery protests in Siyathemba township in Balfour, Mpumalanga. Following the protests the police stormed into ...
Read MoreWYNDHAM HARTLEY CAPE TOWN — High levels of police shootings will be made worse by proposed changes in the law dealing with the use of lethal force, the Centre for the Study of Violence and ...
Read MoreDavid Bruce David Bruce: Pictures in the press this week of six policemen standing in the dock in connection with the death of Andries Tatane in Meqheleng, outside Ficksburg, last week, are in many ...
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Articles , Media
Press Statement: Call for police use of lethal force to be based on 'protection of life' principle
3 August 2011 Press Statement CSVR submission to Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development Call for police use of lethal force to be based on ‘protection of life’ principle In the run up to ...
Read MoreBruce, David. 2011. Beyond section 49: Control of the use of force. SA Crime Quarterly 36. Institutue for Security Studies. (1.2MB)
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Publications
Lethal force: CSVR submission on the proposed amendments to Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act
CSVR. 2011. Submission to Portfolio Committe on Justice and Constitutional Development, Criminal Procedure Bill 39 of 2010 (196KB)
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