Public protector’s report on Nkandla done without access to important documentation?

Nkandla: Did Thuli Madonsela fall for public works’ spin?

Statistics on rise of violent crime and drugs in Khutsong

Khutsong is plagued by drugs and violence

Little tolerance for crime in vulnerable communities. But also dangers in the tough response

This article, like the other reports, with the support of criminologists on increasing community frustration with rampant crime and ineffective policing that leads them to take the law into their own hands. Continue reading →

Brutality prevails in Khutsong when hope is lost (Khutsong vigilante killings continued)

Khutsong: Brutality prevails when hope is lost

Community killings where police seen as unwilling to act against alleged criminals

‘We have made our point’, say Khutsong residents

Khutsong vigilante justice where police leave a vacuum

Clearly the killing of alleged gang members by members of the Khutsong community where the police failed to defend them, points to a wider problem of governability. Continue reading →

Injections and shock treatment administered in privatised prison

Mangaung defends antipsychotic injections for prisoners

Court action for access to Nkandla documents, allegedly illegally withheld from public

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/More-Nkandla-documents-sought-20131105

Expert evidence on police shootings in Marikana after ceasefire is called

http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-11-06-marikana-massacre-55-seconds-later-cease-fire-what-cease-fire/#.UnnaNpHN7fN

Privatised prisons costly and effectiveness in doubt

Privately-run prisons are failing, says Ndebele

Legal Aid SA to appeal ruling on Marikana massacre funding.

This ought not to be legal action taken by Legal Aid SA. Continue reading →

Verification process for traders removed from inner city

Maybe I am hypercritical but some of the statements of officials sound rather arrogant

Verifying of Jo’burg street vendors ‘total chaos’

Public Protector may be clearing Zuma over Nkandla expenditure

In the course of a report which indicates that Public Protector,Thuli Madonsela, may have found no evidence of wrongdoing it is reported that Continue reading →

Police chief takes steps to intimidate media in wake of allegations of defeating ends of justice

http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/phiyega-invokes-apartheid-law-1.1601241#.UnYF9aXH1SU

Private prison administrators G 4 S claim critics cast them as villains because they oppose privatisation

I am one of those who opposes privatisation of public services especially the prison and police services. Continue reading →

Johannesburg draconian ‘clean up’ of traders in inner city

Jo’burg’s ‘Clean Sweep’ is a dirty affair

Conditions relating to Bekkersdal protests

State left with Bekkersdal municipal mop-up

US drone attacks met with little world concern

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/31/these_drones_attack_us_and_the

Raymond Suttner: Who can we trust to do our policing? South African Police Services (SAPS) or Private security?

Some years ago I argued that the private security industry (PSI) should be phased out Continue reading →

Rebecca Davis on Cape Town CBD looting

Gives some idea of the complex mix of factors involved in Cape Town looting. Continue reading →