Detective services in the Western Cape ‘dire’
A report by the Community Safety department in the Western Cape finds that detectives are under-resourced, lack training and that their work is not guided by intelligence.
Crime
Army deployment delayed by ‘orientation process and paperwork’
The deployment of the army in Cape Flats townships invokes the states of emergency of the 1980s. It’s a different time, a different war.
In Burkina Faso, being transgender means living in the shadows
Amidst roars of laughter, Naomi takes out her phone and shows us photos of herself, having fun with a friend, posing for the camera, both […]
Marikana residents say better lighting could curb crime in the area
Marikana residents will continue without streets lights that could curb crime in the area as the City of Cape Town awaits the outcome of its appeal against a court order that it acquire the land from the private owner.
Cape CPFs divided on army deployment
Members of the South African National Defence Force were expected to be deployed in gang and crime ridden areas of Cape Town on Friday.
Cape Flats CPFs on army deployment – ‘It’s not the answer’
The call by the Western Cape government for the deployment of the SANDF in crime ridden areas of the City has received mixed reactions from Community Police Forums.
Manenberg residents demand visible policing
The police minister went on a walkabout in Manenberg, one of the townships in the Western Cape where crime is spiraling. Eighteen people have been killed in a space of four days.
Housing organisations welcome Red Ants suspension
Organisations representing poor and working class people who have borne the brunt of the marauding Red Ants in the past, are celebrating the suspension of the company. .
Lack of services in Grabouw’s informal settlement negatively affects women
Inadequate water and sanitation services in Siyanyanzela in Grabouw is an extra burden for women who are residents of the informal settlement. More than five […]
How controversial “racist” research opens door for a decolonisation drive
There has been justified outrage about a recently published – and hastily retracted – academic article written by academics from Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The article suggested […]
Theatre, the other (unexpected) platform for teaching young people about sex and sexual violence
She covers her reddened cheeks with her hands and her eyes fill with tears. “It is as if they had raped me. We’re devastated, we’re […]
Responses to Zimbabwe highlight gulf between the region and the west
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe. EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State […]
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