Police brutality

Axolile Notywala opens case against police for brutality

SJC general secretary is being prosecuted for contravening the Regulation of Gatherings Act

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Brief | 6 February 2019

Police assault case stuck in NPA

Eastern Cape man says he was accused of stealing fuel and badly beaten

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News | 10 October 2018

Shack dwellers protest against assassinations

At least 16 activists aligned to Abahlali baseMjondolo have been killed since 2013

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News | 8 October 2018

Tembisa land occupiers accuse police of brutality

City says it is committed to building houses on the land

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News | 3 August 2018

Municipal police accused of xenophobic attack

Immigrants running hair salons in Pietermaritzburg say they were assaulted even though they are operating legally

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News | 31 July 2018

Study uncovers brutal policing of sex work

Civil society and the police have begun to work together to stop the abuse

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News | 23 March 2018

Milnerton police beat us up for no reason, say two Dunoon residents

Men lay charges of assault after being pepper-sprayed, punched and beaten

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News | 23 January 2018

Police unit probes shooting of Hout Bay teenager

Ona Dubula was shot in the mouth during a protest in September

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Brief | 19 January 2018

IPID fails shack dweller after police shooting

Case of attempted murder opened three years after Patrick Sobutyu was shot

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News | 10 November 2017

Anger at Khayelitsha dialogue over police brutality

“Where are these human rights you speak of?”

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Brief | 29 September 2017

Ona Dubula returns home

Hangberg residents arrange transport: “It’s the least we could do”

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News | 19 September 2017

IPID to investigate shooting of teenage boy

Case of attempted murder has been opened

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Brief | 14 September 2017

In photos: Hangberg erupts over fishing rights

Rubber bullets, petrol bombs, flares and tear gas fill the air as protest escalates

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Photo Essay | 13 September 2017

Police allegedly beat man from Congo to death

IPID refers case to Director of Public Prosecutions

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News | 21 February 2017

Civil society leader shot in the mouth with a rubber bullet at campus meeting

“The gathering was peaceful and no-one was causing any trouble”

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Brief | 26 October 2016

Khayelitsha residents urged to report police brutality

IPID trying to resolve backlog of complaints, meeting told

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Brief | 30 September 2016