South Africa: Dysfunctional Detective Units, Disappearing Dockets and a Dereliction of Duty - Meet Khayelitsha's Police

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The past two weeks of the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry have seen detectives hauled over the coals and struggling to defend themselves for not delivering dockets to court and failing to investigate adequately serious and violent crimes such as rape, murder and gang violence. Plus it's not like the IPID and the police top brass are exactly coming to the Khayelitsha community's rescue, either.

After weeks of testimony from local NGOs, academics, forensic experts and Khayelitsha residents - many whose relatives have been murdered - members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) appeared before the Khayelitsha Commission between 13 and 21 February.

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