How SAPS protects the killers within its ranks:
Every year, police in South Africa kill hundreds of people and are accused of brutalising thousands more.
Source: GroundUp News.
Explainer: The loopholes police use to protect their own:
Source: GroundUp News.
Judge proposes plan to speed up re-opening of Refugee Office: Home Affairs plans to open centre by April next year but judge Alma de Wet criticises delay
Source: GroundUp News.
Call for Israeli embassy in Pretoria to be closed: Large Palestinian solidarity march held in Cape Town
Source: GroundUp News.
Desperate people queue for last Covid-19 grants: Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding
Source: GroundUp News.
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