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Action Society calls for urgent police reforms in response to Draft National Policing Policy

In a comprehensive submission to the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service, Action Society has highlighted pressing concerns and recommendations regarding the Draft National Policing Policy (NPP). The Constitution states that the Minister of Police must determine the National Policing Policy after consulting the provincial governments, considering the provinces’ local needs

1st December 2023 No Comments

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Disciplinary hearing for #BlueLightMafia eight underway five months later

The disciplinary hearing of the eight officers of the SAPS VIP Protection Unit involved in the BlueLightMafia incident in July this year is taking place this week. A key witness, the vehicle’s driver in the viral #BlueLightMafia video, is testifying in Pretoria today and tomorrow. Meanwhile, all eight are back

23rd November 2023 No Comments

News

Cele and his management content with South Africans living in a slaughter house as bloodbath continues

There is only one way to describe the second quarter of this year’s crime statistics: A bloodbath. And while Cele and his management seems content with 27 000 people dying in the slaughter house our country has become, it is ordinary South Africans who continue to fight for safer communities.

17th November 2023 No Comments

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Date for #BlueLightMafia eight’s disciplinary hearing and trial set: Action Society stresses the importance of an IPID with teeth

The #BlueLightMafia eight’s internal disciplinary hearing has been scheduled at last, with witnesses called to testify between 21 and 24 November, while their criminal trial date has been set for 6 to 10 May 2024. Action Society criticised the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) lack of urgency in the matter.

9th November 2023 No Comments

News

Western Cape SAPS communication system on the brink of critical collapse as radios issued in the 80s continue to fail

The South African Police Service (SAPS) management in the Western Cape hasn’t done anything to tackle the communication system crisis that is leaving critical first response units in SAPS, like the anti-gang units and the Flying Squad, exposed and isolated in their efforts to protect the vulnerable in the raging

8th November 2023 No Comments

News

Action Society assists Liezel de Jager’s family with legal action against Police Minister for neglecting the investigation into her murder

Action Society’s legal team filed court papers against the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, on behalf of Reverend Liezel de Jager’s father, Henk van Zyl, at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today, seeking a mandamus interdict to compel the police to properly investigate Liezel’s murder. Read the Notice of

31st October 2023 No Comments

News

BlueLightMafia eight’s suspension lapse without action demonstrates Bheki Cele’s culture of criminality inside SAPS

The fact that the #BlueLightMafia eight are back at work after the South African Police Service allowed their paid suspension to lapse by failing to conclude their internal disciplinary process in the prescribed 60 days, demonstrates how the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele and the National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola

23rd October 2023 No Comments

News

Action Society calls for investigation behind Flying Squads’ failing radio communication systems

Action Society has been approached by members of various units in the South African Police Service (SAPS) who informed us that they are experiencing significant problems with their radio communication systems. According to Ian Cameron, Director of Community Safety at Action Society, the problem is a national one and it

17th October 2023 No Comments

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Seven rapists and three murderers on the block as Action Society steps in to support victims of GBV

The cases Action Society attended this week highlights the violence women and children in South Africa constantly face. Action Society supported the victims and families of violent rape and murder at court. Thimna Kuze, an innocent 13-year-old Khayelitsha girl, was sleeping over at a friend’s house in March this year

13th October 2023 No Comments

News

The reason that reverend Liezel de Jager’s murderer is still walking free 730 days after her death, is due to a lack of will and not a lack of evidence

Today marks exactly two years since much-loved reverend, Liezel de Jager’s murder, but in the 730 days since her death, no arrests have been made. According to Action Society, there is only one answer that can explain the shockingly slow progress in this case and that is that the police

13th October 2023 No Comments

South African Police Service

Action Society calls for urgent police reforms in response to Draft National Policing Policy

Disciplinary hearing for #BlueLightMafia eight underway five months later

Cele and his management content with South Africans living in a slaughter house as bloodbath continues

Date for #BlueLightMafia eight’s disciplinary hearing and trial set: Action Society stresses the importance of an IPID with teeth

Western Cape SAPS communication system on the brink of critical collapse as radios issued in the 80s continue to fail

Action Society assists Liezel de Jager’s family with legal action against Police Minister for neglecting the investigation into her murder

BlueLightMafia eight’s suspension lapse without action demonstrates Bheki Cele’s culture of criminality inside SAPS

Action Society calls for investigation behind Flying Squads’ failing radio communication systems

Seven rapists and three murderers on the block as Action Society steps in to support victims of GBV

The reason that reverend Liezel de Jager’s murderer is still walking free 730 days after her death, is due to a lack of will and not a lack of evidence

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