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Crime is both down and up – and the state is NOT the primary policeman

Though traumatised by crime – illustrated earlier this week by the release of the latest crime statistics – South African society can take some comfort in the ...

Broken Blue Line 2

This is the second report of the Broken Blue Line project – the first having been published by the IRR in 2011. As in 2011 this 2015 report examines the extent ...

Broken Blue Line 3

30 October 2018 - This is the third report of the Broken Blue Line project – the previous two having been published by the IRR in 2011 and 2015. As with the ...

Broken Blue Line: the Involvement of the South African Police Force in Serious and Violent Crime in South Africa

South Africans have become accustomed to media reports alleging the involvement of policemen or ‘people dressed in police uniforms’ in serious crimes. The ...

SA’s GNU has failed its first test: Terence Corrigan - Biznews

I’ve made the point several times that while the Government of National Unity option was not my first choice, now that it’s a reality, I hope it succeeds.

Accuracy vital in reporting on sensitive issues – IRR

The IRR has called on prominent media in South Africa, including Eyewitness News (EWN), The Sowetan, and SABC, to correct widespread misreporting of an alleged ...

10 July 2022 - I was reminded last week of a passage from a recently acquired book of essays, Reading Myself and Others, by novelist Philip Roth. The passage ...

16 October 2020 - Events in Senekal underline the need not just for honest, rational debate about key challenges facing South Africa, but practical solutions ...

26 May 2021 - The proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Act reveal much about government thinking.

9 July 2022 - The bizarre confrontation in the Western Cape between police minister Bheki Cele and Ian Cameron, a community activist from Action Society, a ...