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Saps 'in denial' about police brutality

By Andrea van Wyk The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation on Thursday said that senior policemen are not acknowledging the seriousness of the problem of police brutality. In the latest incident, a ...

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Petros slams Kempton Park Police Station shooting (28.04.11)

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 ...

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'Police brutality' condemned after woman's death (28.04.11)

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 ...

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CSVR helps resolve issues in Ficksburg (28.04.11)

By Rahima Essop As the Free State town of Ficksburg waits on tenterhooks ahead of Friday’s bail judgment, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation on Wednesday warned there is a possibility of ...

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Only police chiefs can end it (24.04.11)

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 ...

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SA media tested by Andries Tatane's death (19.04.11)

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 ...

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Tatane: Is crowd control doctrine at fault? (19.04.11)

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 ...

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