By Thanduxolo Jika KWAZULU-NATAL police have killed 740 people over five years as concern mounts over rising police violence in the province on the back of politicians’ “shoot-to-kill” statements. KwaZulu-Natal has the worst record in ...
Read MoreBy Marianne Merten Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has rejected as “subjective” a South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) study highlighting 100 cases of police officers’ involvement in serious violent crime. “There has been a ...
Read MoreBy NIREN TOLSI The Independent Complaints Directorate has confirmed that it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting last weekend of a 54-year-old farmer, Kobus de Vries, in Babanango in northern KwaZulu-Natal.De Vries ...
Read MoreBy David Bruce A three-year-old girl, Willemien Potgieter, was murdered with her mother and father on a farm near Lindley in the Free State on December 1 last year. For many people, such events are ...
Read MoreDix-Peek, D. and Bandeira, M. (December 2010). Profiling Torture II: Addressing Torture and its consequences in South Africa. Monitoring and Evaluation Progress Report to end December 2010. Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. ...
Read MoreBy Mbuyiselo Botha As we commemorate 16 Days of Activism of no Violence Against Women and Children in our country, I ask myself if we do at times give a thought to the migrant women ...
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