The recent dog unit incident highlighted a number of problems confronting police transformation. While much of the attention was on the serious issue of racism in the police, some of the other broad challenges confronting the transformation of the SAPS…
On November 25 1993, International Day of No Violence Against Women, a tiny crowd of 10 took to the streets. By November 25 1999, public opinion had changed so much that hundreds of people turned out for protests, and government…
Introduction Reconciliation requires a commitment, especially by those who have benefited and continue to benefit from past discrimination, to the transformation of unjust inequalities and dehumanising poverty. TRC Report, Vol. 5, Ch. 9 The challenge is clear, but how do…
Queues for state services are the embodiment of indifference to those who wait, with disrespect and apathy often the only rewards. Consider this incident during our monitoring of the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act. Ms X arrived at the…
Barely a week goes by without the appearance of a number of media stories reporting on actual or alleged incidents of police criminality or misconduct. Whether its official reports detailing police involvement in taxi criminality or dismissive behaviour from police…
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) recommendation that medical schools should increase the intake of black students at undergraduate and postgraduate level has failed to solve racial imbalances in the provision of doctors in the country. Although the recommendation helps…