Police and leaders of anti-immigration movements have a responsibility to ensure that protests do not degenerate into violence.
Rising xenophobia is fuelled by narratives that woefully and wilfully misrepresent SA’s socio-economic problems and immigration and refugee law.
Although civil society organisations are indispensable to preventing violence against children, they are often excluded from decision-making processes.
Despite the navy’s severe resource constraints, Operation Copper seems to have been continued for political rather than practical reasons.
To keep murders on a downward trajectory, South Africa must prioritise and fund interventions that prevent family violence.
Urban informal settlements are increasingly targeted during election cycles as centres of political mobilisation or violence.
Achieving the country’s ambitious goal of 100% broadband access by 2030 could require a trade-off between politics and connectivity.
The department can no longer be treated as peripheral – its new minister must have empathy and a deep knowledge of social welfare.
Puleng Dimpane may only have a short time available, but she can still do things that strengthen the South African Police Service.
Accumulated stress, inequality and normalised violence find expression on the road – and a firearm can turn misperception fatal.
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