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01 Nov 2011
 
 
Can the Police Take all the Credit for Reductions in Crime?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The 2010/11 South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics show a 2,4% decrease in crime. In real terms this means that the police recorded 50 400 fewer serious crimes in 2010/11 than they...
 
 
05 Jul 2011
 
How to stop police brutality and the killing of police officers in South Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Over the past few weeks, the media has carried several stories about the killing of members of the South African Police Service (SAPS). Such reports jostled with persistent reports about police...
 
 
09 Sep 2010
 
DA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of police, on crime statistics (09/09/2010)
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Today's release of crime statistics show incremental improvements across the board, so South Africans have room to be cautiously optimistic. Crime is something which affects each and every South...

 
 
23 May 2010
 
DA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of police, questioning SAPS farm murder stats (23/05/2010)
Statements

This past week, in reply to a DA parliamentary question, the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, stated that 794 farm attacks occurred during which 86 murders were committed in the 2008/2009...

 
 
05 Oct 2009
 
DA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Police, on the Independant Complaints Directorate (05/10/2009)
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Last week the SAPS annual report revealed that outstanding civil legal claims against police officers stand at R7.6-billion - an average of R50,000 per officer. This constitutes a 31%...

 
 
26 Sep 2009
 
DA: Statement by Dianne Kohler-Barnard, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of police, on police brutality (26/09/2009)
Statements

It is extremely concerning to note that the Independent Complaints Directorate's (ICD) 2008/09 report reveals a 15% rise in deaths in police custody, and a 5% increase in complaints against...

 
 
21 Sep 2009
 
DA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Police, on Crime Statistics (21/09/2009)
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly objects to the fact that the portfolio committee meeting in which the police minister will be reporting back on 2008/09 crime statistics will be...

 
 
05 Dec 2006
 
Sonjica: 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and Children (05/12/2006)
2006
Speech by the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Ms Buyelwa P Sonjica, MP, at he departmental occasion on the 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and Children, Mineralia Centre, Pretoria
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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