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#SaveRuralSA: A Community Safety Charter

16 October 2020 - The IRR’s Community Safety Charter sets out a range of solutions geared to winning the fight against crime and farm attacks.

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 ...

Draft Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill, 2022

In this submission, the IRR recommends that the draft Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill be promulgated by the President as soon ...

FreeFACTS - August 2019

This edition of Free Facts looks at the latest crime statistics and shows that South Africa’s trend on this is negative. The tide was turning on this scourge ...

FreeFACTS - July 2020

24 August 2020 - The latest crime statistics show that violent crime still remains at very high levels. The rate of murder has not decreased in the past three ...

FreeFACTS - November 2018

27 November 2018 – Crime rates are on the rise in South Africa, while faith in the police is down. Is there a way back against the scourge of crime?

FreeFACTS - October 2020

23 November 2020 - This edition of FreeFACTS looks at corruption in South Africa. It looks at how South Africa’s ranking on the Corruption Perceptions Index ...

25 October 2022 - In this submission on the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill to the Standing Committee ...