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PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma and his government's much-publicised efforts to amend the country's laws to allow police to use deadly force when arresting criminals could be "much ado about nothing". Experts suggest the ...

By Keith Ross South Africa's history of violence and its ongoing social ills have left many people emotionally scarred and some of them - now emotionally blunted - have turned to crime. Many ...

Letters to the editor, Business Day 28 September 2009. The opening paragraph of your report on the latest crime statistics refers to business robberies, house robberies and car hijackings stating that these ...

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation has warned that the use of heavy-handed tactics by police, during the questioning of suspects, may backfire.It is alleged that 14 members of the ...

By Bronwynne Jooste What the Jali Commission said: THE REPORT focuses attention on "the horrific scourge of sexual violence that plagues our prisons where appalling abuses and acts of sexual perversion are ...

By Yugendree Naidoo The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has warned that society needs to be wary of the middle class dictating which crimes are prioritised by the police. ...

JOHANNESBURG — The government should focus attention on all forms of armed violence rather than exclusively on house and business robberies, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) said ...