Facts of Life

The South African Law Enforcement Environment is increasingly characterised by Police harrassment and incidents of unlawful arrests.

The reality today is one of Police Harrassment

“The more things change ,the more they stay the same”, those were the thoughts I had as I was been driven down a dirt road at 9pm in the evening ,handcuffed to a collegue in a back of a police van with 6 armed squad cars following us.We finaly stop by the lodge we were booked at,to my relief ,cause I thought we would end up in some open field aka Lumumba style, cause when I raised issues about righta and proceducers that are supposed to be followed i was told that “this is Venda” in other words they do things differently this side...read more

Wrongful arrest

AfriForum today submitted complaints on behalf of Mr Johan Cronjé of Witbank to the Independent Complaints Commission (ICD). This follows after Cronjé had been arrested, while he had actually been the victim of a violent assault.

According to Nantes Kelder, Head of Community Safety of AfriForum, Mr Cronjé was assaulted at a garage in Witbank. During the incident, Cronjé was first assaulted with a wheel spanner outside the shop of the garage, after which the attack continued inside the shop. Kelder described the incident as shocking, especially seen in the light of the fact that Cronjé was assaulted in the presence of a member of the SAPS, who neglected to take any action against the perpetrator. According to Kelder, it seems as if the police member knows the perpetrator and therefore had been prejudiced against Cronjé…read more

Real aggression by SAPS

2010-08-10 – Thirty SAPS members in 15 vehicles descended on the Du Preez farm near Nylstroom, with station commander Mayila shouting: “I order you to shoot dead anyone who resists…’ Fortunately, the entire violent incident was recorded on video… and the Nylstroom magistrate’s court , after viewing these horrendous scenes, was able to rule that the Afrikaner farm family had been framed by the SAPS… and that the six Du Preez family members were completely innocent of any wrongdoing…read more

Watch this clip to see how metro police manage an arrest for a minor crime

This is a video from a traffic camera in Esselen Street, Pretoria. A woman is aggressively arrested after a traffic violation…view the clip