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Flexible community policing is vital to local safety, but our CPFs are often ineffective

South Africa

Flexible community policing is vital to local safety, but our CPFs are often ineffective

By David Bruce

Community policing forums plead for Minister Mchunu to counter rampant crime

South Africa

Community policing forums plead for Minister Mchunu to counter rampant crime

By Vincent Cruywagen

Mayday, Mayday — 3,000 new crime fighters to hit the streets of Gauteng

South Africa

Mayday, Mayday — 3,000 new crime fighters to hit the streets of Gauteng

By Michelle Banda

Bethelsdorp's gangs are in a brutal turf war — A woman with a passion for community is leading the fightback

South Africa

Bethelsdorp's gangs are in a brutal turf war — A woman with a passion for community is leading the fightback

By Vincent Cruywagen

Wendy Lee, the top cop who’s also ‘a teacher, a preacher, a social worker and a nurse’

South Africa

Wendy Lee, the top cop who’s also ‘a teacher, a preacher, a social worker and a nurse’

By Vincent Cruywagen

KZN communities take charge of their own security in wake of 2021 unrest

South Africa

KZN communities take charge of their own security in wake of 2021 unrest

By Des Erasmus

Western Cape Crime: Community guardian bodies at odds with one another and provincial department

South Africa

Western Cape Crime: Community guardian bodies at odds with one another and provincial department

By Suné Payne

How will you keep our children safe, Elsies River residents ask Premier Winde

South Africa

How will you keep our children safe, Elsies River residents ask Premier Winde

By Suné Payne