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By Andrea van Wyk & Rahima Essop Gauteng Police Commissioner Mzwandile Petros on Thursday strongly condemned Tuesday’s incident in which a woman was shot dead, allegedly by a police officer, outside the Kempton Park Police ...

By Tara Meaney & Andrea van Wyk The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation on Thursday condemned the latest incident of apparent police brutality. Jeannette Odendaal was shot and killed, allegedly by a ...

We may be outraged by the death of Andries Tatane - but this brutality is far too common, writes David Bruce Not so long ago we lived in a South Africa where demonstrators would ...

What thoughts and considerations went through editors’ minds when they chose to put the horrific images of the beating and subsequent death of Andries Tatane on television and on front pages? With violence a national ...

By Leon Engelbrecht Six Free State public order policemen have found the hard way just how thin the blue line of the law is. Two stand accused of murdering Fouriesburg protester Andries Tatane and four ...

The brutal death of unarmed protestor and father of two, Andries Tatane, at the hands of the South African police in Ficksburg on 13 April would have gone largely unnoticed except that it was captured ...

Security analysts believe there is an urgent need for proper police command and control if incidents such as the one that happened in Ficksburg in the Free State last Wednesday are to be avoided. Activist ...