Disarming Victims Won’t Fix our Violent Crime Crisis
February 22, 2023 Be first to comment
South Africa is in the midst of a violent crime crisis. The latest crime statistics puts us on track for over 30 000 murders per annum, and a rate of…
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Fire Bheki Cele – Now is the Time for Ramaphosa to Act
March 16, 2021 5 Comments
The President must fire Bheki Cele. This publication is no friend of Minister Cele. When he first became Minister of Police in March 2018, we expressed significant doubts regarding…
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The system responsible for the tracking of all SAPS firearms is switched off. The Firearm Permit System (FPS) kept track of roughly 500 000 SAPS firearms via an electronic…
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The SAPS have water cannoned downtrodden and destitute people queuing for their SASSA grants in Bellville today. Their crime? Allegedly not social distancing enough. Many of these people reportedly…
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It is by now old news that parliament approved a new six-month firearm amnesty, effective from 1 August. I harbour serious and material concerns about this. The 2010 firearm…
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Lance Sergeants Otto and James hardly ever worked together. These were the days when even a couple of full Sergeants (what the military called a Staff Sergeant) on a…
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We live in a police state. I apologise for shattering your (hopefully) pleasant Sunday evening. But there is unfortunately no other way to slice it. Regardless of which lens…
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I have the utmost respect for both the spirit of common law policing, and those within the police who try their best to uphold that spirit. Always will. This is not…
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South Africa entered lockdown at midnight on 26 March. It is an unprecedented event, and it will have colossal social and economic consequences. Equally so, the impact on our…
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Cele’s Hypocrisy – Civilian Gun Ban, But He Has Bodyguards
February 4, 2020 6 Comments
I’ve kept this page free of politics for a long time. But there are things going on at the moment which I feel warrant exposure and concerned attention no…