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America’s crises are boiling over, one into another. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, masses of people are taking to the streets to protest police brutality after the death of George Floyd in Minnesota and other victims of racial violence. These two stories are linked. They are both public health stories. The link is systemic racism. “The…

Law enforcement’s brutal response to this weekend’s protests may fuel mistrust in the health care system as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to smolder through the country. Experts say the danger is especially acute in black communities, which have already been hit hard by the virus, and have historically borne the brunt of discriminatory policing. In…

National police commissioner General Khehla John Sitole has ordered a manhunt for the men responsible for the killing of a police officer in KwaZulu-Natal.Constable Xolani Zulu, 32, was gunned down in KwaNyuswa in the Hillcrest policing precinct on Friday at about 19:30.According to police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili, Zulu, who was off duty, had returned…

Cops arrested for alleged business robbery of cash and cigarettes in KimberleyDe Jager said the robbers shot at the security vehicle, injuring one of the guards. The guard was transported to hospital. De Jager said, according to statements from witnesses, the five were driving in two separate vehicles during the time of the robbery.  "They then took…

Covid-19: Yet another Cape Town police station closesPotelwa said operations had temporarily been relocated to another building on the premises.The station was first shut when a warrant officer tested positive on 11 April.Self-isolationOfficers on the shift were placed in self-isolation and the station was evacuated and decontaminated.ALSO READ | DA takes govt to court over…