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Attention: News Editors For immediate release: Constitutional Court upholds right to express the truth **CAPE TOWN**, 8 April 2011* In a landmark judgment handed down today the Constitutional Court upheld the rights of victims of ...

By Lisa Vetten Women’s organisations don’t often applaud the police, but the re-establishment of the specialised Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit deserves congratulations. When former police commissioner Jackie Selebi scrapped the ...

By KWANELE SOSIBO A cellphone video clip showing the South African Police Service's tactical response team (TRT) abusing a man in Wesselton township has lent credence to widespread claims of police brutality during service delivery ...

Civil cases against police have pushed the contingent liability budget to R7.5bn in the last financial year. A Sunday Tribune report says the sharp spike in brutal action by the police has prompted the ...

South African police are becoming more brutal by the day, with civil cases against them pushing the contingent liability budget to a whopping R7.5 billion in the last financial year. The Sunday Tribune reveals today ...

By Fadela Slamdien A unique DNA forensic kit, which researchers say will be able to increase South Africa's conviction rate in rape cases, particularly gang rapes, has been developed by scientists at the University of ...

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 ...