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… brother of Pius Langa) on false allegations that he was a police informer. …

… harassed and detained by the Apartheid security police but despite that, she continued to serve in different … and Liaison were establishing Victim Support centres at police stations throughout Gauteng Province, and the Ikhaya …

… August 1961 one evening,six South Africa plainclothes police forcibly entered the hut and,after an intense … ensued.On September 21, New Age ran a banner headline "SA Police Kidnap Pondo Leader in Basutoland".Other …

… life when his step father would take him along on his work assignments. Thus, he was exposed to a broader cultural … and their performances were usually raided by security police. This had a major impact on income and as a … and Tromso 46664 shows, Johnny also performed duets of his work with Peter Gabriel. Johnny’s haunting refrain Impi …

… of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling Bheki against the wall, and when he … rest of the accused on 7 March. He died on 29 March. The police said he did not die in detention but in hospital.   …

… movement, but they were repeatedly harassed by the police. She became politically active during the student …

… and Shabangu testified during the hearing that the police had attempted to coerce them into accepting Mendil … many of his fellow accused, continued with the underground work. During the early 1970s Shabangu became involved in …

… November 1989, prompted by the death row confessions of a police officer, Butana Almond Nofemela, former Security Police Captain Johannes Dirk Coetzee made his own revelations … his activities as the commander of a covert South African Police’s death squad. Following these confessions, former  …

… Democratic Front (UDF) ,  Mthembu soon became a target of police harassment for her active involvement in political … opinion and which would have been an embarrassment for the police as well as the government and I requested from Mr … thereafter loaded onto a bakkie. Marthinus Grobler, former police officer who was on duty at Piet Retief police station …

… 22 February.She telephoned the Pietermaritzburg security police and was told that she could not see her husband since … Colonel J G Dreyer,divisional commander of the security police in Natal,said that Mr Malinga had complained of a …

… were detained for the night at the notorious John Vorster Police station and charged under the Riotous Assemblies Act … Security Act. She and her family suffered continued police harassment and surveillance.   Mayet held crucial …

… her gender identity. She took drugs and engaged in sex work to help cope with poverty, homelessness and the … her growing up. Although Davids was always clear that sex work was a matter of survival for her, as a way to make … have been routinely abused, harassed and detained by police officers in South Africa, and these were things that …

… On her completion of Matric in 1972, Nombuso did casual work such as typing documents for the Garment Workers union , while she looked for permanent work. Her exposure to union documents resulted in her … branch for questioning. In 1979 she resigned from her work in the union and in 1980 she went to work for an Adult …

… December 1930. Seedat witnessed four people being shot by police, among them Johannes Nkosi . Years later, when Nkosi … was headed by Dawood Seedat. The Call was under constant police scrutiny. Dawood Seedat was a most vociferous critic …  In July 1940, in reaction to its anti-war rhetoric, police raided the Seedats’ home. When Seedat refused to allow …

… thuggish behaviour and arrogance of the new Special Branch police. As a Jew, he was aware of the anti-Semitism rampant … of a detainee ran short. On 11 July 1963, the Security Police raided Lilliesleaf Farm. When the police came through the door, they found a group studying …

… The Security police disclose the existence of an underground group the Yu …

… In reaction to further deaths of people in police detention, ten policemen have been suspended from duty …

… Hertzog Lerm, up to now commissioner of the Ndebele Police Force who also acted as private secretary to the chief …

… reports that twenty-two charges of rape were laid against police officers between April 2005 and March this year, the …

… are left at the Beit Bridge border post by Zimbabwean police …

… Black South African township of Sebokeng, 48 hours after police and troops swamped the area and made hun …

… Amendment Bill of 1966 is published. The bill entitles police officers to detain up to fourteen days anyone su …

… Police fire teargas at a 300-strong crowd which had gathered …

… George and pretending to be paralysed after being shot by police, is …

… on the second consecutive day of fighting between the police and soldiers in the streets …

… South African riot police use tear gas and whips in Soweto as unrest continue. A …

… eve of the first anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, police arrest sixteen people including his brother, his sister …

… led by Justice Richard Goldstone into the shooting by the police of eighteen demonstrators in the tow …

… led by Justice Richard Goldstone into the shooting by the police of eighteen demonstrators in the tow …

… that units from the army and air force, as well as extra police, will be stationed in Johannesburg in …