Dysfunctional criminal justice system tearing a nation apart

Opinion and Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: The implementation of the National Development Plan policing policies is overdue, including de-militarisation, improved training and, of crucial importance, ...

Safeguarding whistle-blowers only way to win anti-graft war

Mary de Haas|Published

Whistleblower and former ANC Youth League Harry Gwala region secretary Thabiso Zulu testifies at the Moerane Commission. Zulu is a corruption fighter who has fought ...

The security challenges ahead

Mary de Haas|Published

Most South Africans live in fear of rampant violent crime, with confidence in policing plunging to an all-time low of 21 percent in 2021/22. Under successive ministers, ...

The security challenges ahead

Mary de Haas|Published

Anti-Gang Unit police. IPID needs a judicial oversight body, and an independent inquiry into documented abuses involving its staff in defeating the ends of justice. ...

Reintroducing death penalty will be ‘misplaced, dangerous’

Opinion and Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: Were South Africa to reintroduce the death penalty, there is little doubt that it would be poor people-not criminal politicians-who would face the gallows ...

Buthelezi’s complex legacy subject to emotional debate

Mary de Haas|Published

Picture: Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency (ANA)/2021-05-11 – ...

Agencies flouting SA’s Constitution with impunity

Mary de Haas|Published

Serious problems in crime intelligence stem from politicised management, where orders are given by the minister of police, who is in gross breach of the Constitution ...

Violence monitor pens open letter to President Ramaphosa

Mary de Haas|Published

‘Far more telling evidence against you is your appointment (and, extraordinarily, in July 2021, retention of) Minister of Police Cele, for it is patently obvious ...

Violence monitor pens open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa

Mary de Haas|Published

However, far more telling evidence against you is your appointment (and, extraordinarily, in July 2021, retention of) Minister of Police Cele, for it is patently ...

People living in fear of being taken out by hit men

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: Hardened criminals can act with impunity because South Africa has become a criminalised state, in which officials use political office for personal enrichment ...

Fear of hitmen grips SA - Broken system spawns anarchy

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: Hardened criminals can act with impunity because South Africa has become a criminalised state, in which officials use political office for personal enrichment ...

DA's federalist agenda distorts policing crisis

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: The DA could do South Africa a favour by using constructive mechanisms such as courts to force Ipid independence, rather than pursuing an agenda for more ...

Protecting corrupt politicians at the expense of the poor

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: Our political leaders show no indication of taking their oath of office to uphold the Constitution seriously, writes Mary de Haas.

Protecting corrupt South African politicians at the expense of the poor

Mary de Haas|Published

By Mary de HaasThe main reason for the abnormally high rate of violent crime in South Africa is because most citizens do not receive the protection from crime which ...

Minister Cele’s ‘irregular’ involvement questioned

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: If the SAPS, under Police Minister Bheki Cele’s direction, continue to act above the law, South Africa is heading down the police state road, writes Mary ...

Failure to rein in Bheki Cele puts country at risk – Mary de Haas

Mary de Haas|Published

Is it not obvious from what happened last July that retaining Cele in his present position is a threat to national security? asks Mary de Haas.

July 2021 carnage: Bungling state fails to finger ‘shadowy hidden hands’

Opinion and Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: Pressure must be exerted on all elected officials to act urgently against the lack of proper parliamentary oversight, writes Mary de Haas.

OPINION: Crime statistics point to ’state of anarchy’

Opinion and Mary de Haas|Published

Those not living in fear of politicians and the police, as so many vulnerable community members do, have a duty to hold public representatives and parliament and ...

Crime statistics point to ’state of anarchy’

Opinion and Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: Those not living in fear of politicians and police, as so many vulnerable community members do, have a duty to hold public representatives, and parliament ...

OPINION: Cele calling the shots is dangerous for the country

Opinion and Mary de Haas|Published

Security through policing is far too important to be left to politicians, writes Mary de Haas.

Cele calling the shots is dangerous for the country

Opinion and Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: A broader based network could assist local groups when there are overwhelming problems as, for example, following up serious cases such as murder. Security ...

ANC’s internal conflict sows fear before local elections

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: While ANC provincial leadership condemns the violence, it needs to deploy its senior members to monitor meetings, and ensure that all those engaging in ...

A crisis in law, order and governance

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: The roots of the devastation in KZN and Gauteng lie in the criminalisation of the state and the weakening of the criminal justice system combined with grinding ...

Police clean-up long overdue and urgent especially during lockdown

Mary de Haas|Published

OPINION: There have been extremely high levels of abuse by the police for many years, so it was a foregone conclusion that those inclined to this type of conduct ...

SAPS crisis a threat to democracy

Mary de Haas|Published

The policing crisis is but one manifestation of a criminal justice system which is near to broken. If priority is not given to fixing it, the consequences for democracy ...