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Mark Shaw

Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, pioneering policing expert, dies in car accident

South Africa

Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, pioneering policing expert, dies in car accident

By Ethan van Diemen

How Pagad was stopped and the Scorpions emerged – and the renewed need for criminal justice innovation

Maverick News

How Pagad was stopped and the Scorpions emerged – and the renewed need for criminal justice innovation

By Marianne Merten

Pagad hit squads decimated gangs operating on the Cape Flats in the late 1990s

Maverick News

Pagad hit squads decimated gangs operating on the Cape Flats in the late 1990s

By Mark Shaw

South Africa’s organised crime climbs to Italy’s levels, racing past Mexico, Somalia and Libya

South Africa

South Africa’s organised crime climbs to Italy’s levels, racing past Mexico, Somalia and Libya

By Ferial Haffajee

Gangs and Guns: New book details ‘deadliest single crime’ in post-apartheid South Africa

South Africa

Gangs and Guns: New book details ‘deadliest single crime’ in post-apartheid South Africa

By Rebecca Davis

Raiding the state armoury: Ordinary South Africans were victims of the conspiracy to sell police guns to criminals

South Africa

Raiding the state armoury: Ordinary South Africans were victims of the conspiracy to sell police guns to criminals

By Marianne Thamm