28 Feb 2013 18:59 - Faranaaz Parker News that Daveyton police beat and dragged a man behind a police van has sickened South Africans. But police torture of civilians is nothing new.Mido Macia, a taxi ...
Read MoreAs mining projects in South Africa and Peru face violent opposition, critics are questioning the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) stakes in the companies at the centre of the controversies. IFC funds for mines in Mongolia ...
Read MoreAnnouncing that President Zuma would not deploy the army to intervene in Cape Flats gang wars, his spokesman Mac Maharaj noted that the president “has directed ministers in the social and economic sectors to study ...
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African Union Commission (AUC) 25/08/2011 09:11 GMT Consultation on preparations for the year of shared values (2012) (25.8.2011)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC) held a retreat on the preparations for the Year of Shared ...
Read MoreROWAN PHILP Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa's "shoot to kill" bill will come under fire in parliament today. Objectors will tell a parliamentary committee that it could encourage police officers to "shoot first and ask questions later". Seeking to ...
Read MoreCape Town - Draft legislation seeking to change the circumstances in which police officers may use deadly force came under the scrutiny of MPs on Wednesday.Members of Parliament's justice portfolio committee are examining the criminal ...
Read MoreGareth Stokes South Africa is not a police state, yet. But in recent months we’ve witnessed some alarming developments. It started with the re-militarisation of police ranks and the immediate transition of our National Police ...
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