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ANALYSIS : Two Zondo Commission reports are out. What now for the NPA? By Jean Redpath
Given the NPA's track record so far, a drastic departure from the current approach appears to be necessary when dealing with prosecuting those implicated in ...
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Op-Ed: The National Prosecuting Authority is in crisis and is failing in its core business — the prosecution of suspects
The NPA is perhaps one of the most unaccountable institutions of state. While the decision to prosecute is reviewed by a court, the decision not to prosecute ...
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Op-ed: The NPA needs more structural independence and accountability before it can say ‘trust us’ | By Dr J Redpath
It should not be necessary for civil society or political parties to take the National Prosecuting Authority’s decisions on review in court — an expensive, ...
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Op-ed: Time to make a decisive move on the institutional and financial independence of the National Prosecuting Authority | By L Muntingh
The NPA’s reputation has suffered much damage in the past 10 years. There is ample evidence that there exists more than the possibility of interference in its ...
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Op-ed: Inadequate and violent policing in KwaZulu-Natal: What's behind it?
KwaZulu-Natal has long suffered from inadequate, corrupt and violent policing. Recent events have simply made it more obvious. The problem of policing in the ...
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Op-ed: COVID-19: Prisons, overcrowding and preventing transmission
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Op-ed: Law enforcement and DUI — how to curb South Africa’s road crash epidemic
The severity of the punishment, if caught, is not a deterrent to committing crime. If consumers of alcohol can be fairly certain that if they get behind the ...
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Op-ed: The 81% matric pass rate of prisoners is nothing to crow about as the number of convicts writing the exam is frightful
The number of prisoners writing matric is so frightfully small that we are left pondering how this is even possible 27 years into democracy. The fewer than 200 ...
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Op-ed: When the rich buy indemnity, justice is denied
How much discretion does a prosecutor have to decline to prosecute? Is mediation always a good thing? Is there sometimes an obligation to prosecute? Does ...
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Op-ed: Number of awaiting-trial prisoners increases under lockdown
At the start of SA’s lockdown, prisoners were released in a bid to reduce transmission of Covid-19 in prisons. The emphasis was on sentenced persons via ...
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