The Crimes of the South African Police Service

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Crimes of the South African Police Service

SAPS: A history of violence

17 Mar 2013 | Mzwandile kabizokwakhe

RECENT acts of police brutality have put the SAPS in the international media spotlight. The shooting of 34 miners in Marikana on August 16 2012 and the events leading to the death, in custody, of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia have highlighted the need to reform the police.

ANOTHER VICTIM? Morgan Motlhala says he was dragged from a police car by a member of the SAPS in Sehopo Village near Mafikeng. Picture by Antonio Muchave