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01/06/2026

A new month brings new opportunities — not just for growth, but for unity, awareness, and action.

This June, let’s stand stronger together as a community. Because real change starts when we look out for one another, speak up, and take responsibility for the spaces we live and work in.

🚨 Crime affects us all — but so does action.
🚨 Awareness saves lives.
🚨 One report can make a difference.

If you see something, say something. Don’t stay silent. Your voice could protect a family, a neighbour, a business — a future.

Let’s build a safer, more connected community where we support each other and refuse to turn a blind eye.

💛 Stand together
📢 Report crime
🛡️ Protect what matters

Make this month count. Make your voice heard.

29/05/2026

🚨 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 🚨
Police Accountability in South Africa

The police are meant to protect communities — not abuse power.
Learn your rights when dealing with SAPS and know how to report misconduct, corruption, brutality, or unlawful arrests.

✔️ Know your rights during arrests
✔️ Understand when police may legally use force
✔️ Learn how to report illegal police activity
✔️ Protect yourself and your community

“Accountability builds trust. Rights protect people.”

📖 Read the full fact sheet here: https://crimehub.org/analysis/fact-sheets/police-accountability

Crime Hub Police Accountability Fact Sheet



Source: Crime Hub

28/05/2026

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱, 𝗦𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿

The social development department has been treated as peripheral, yet South Africa’s stability and growth depend on it functioning effectively. Violence prevention, child protection, trauma support and family welfare are foundational to economic productivity, educational achievement and social cohesion.

Children exposed to repeated violence and neglect are more likely to struggle with employment, poor health and crime later in life. Yet the department remains weakened by poor leadership, funding failures and institutional dysfunction.

After the firing of social development minister Sisisi Tolashe on 14 May, SA needs a capable, empathetic and experienced minister. President Ramaphosa, please appoint a minister of excellence.

ISS Today by Chandré Gould and Tarisai Mchuchu-MacMillan

The department can no longer be treated as peripheral – its new minister must have empathy and a deep knowledge of social welfare.

27/05/2026

Letter to Cyril Ramaphosa SA cannot grow its economy while the social development department is failing.

Violence prevention, child protection and family support are not peripheral welfare functions — they are essential economic and social infrastructure. ISS Today

The department can no longer be treated as peripheral – its new minister must have empathy and a deep knowledge of social welfare.

27/05/2026

Under police powers in the Criminal Procedure Act, police can make arrests to prevent a crime or to put a suspect before court.

A warrant of arrest may be issued by a judge or magistrate on written application by a prosecutor or police officer with the rank of captain or higher.

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The Crime Hub is South Africa's most complete source for ready-to-use information, statistics and analysis on crime and safety.

26/05/2026

Dear Mr President: to succeed, SA needs an excellent social development minister

The department can no longer be treated as peripheral – its new minister must have empathy and a deep knowledge of social welfare.

The department can no longer be treated as peripheral – its new minister must have empathy and a deep knowledge of social welfare.

25/05/2026

The Crime Hub is a regularly updated, user-friendly, web-based source for credible information and analysis on crime, violence and the functioning of the criminal justice system in South Africa.

22/05/2026

The ISS is committed to reviewing conduct by police officers with a view to developing a more professional South African Police Service (SAPS).

You will be able to review various articles and ISS Today’s on topics including police accountability, reform of the SAPS, instances of police brutality, and other relevant topics. Our SAPS performance tool will allow you to access data on SAPS performance, and includes categories such as:

✅ The SAPS budget and expenditure
✅ Operations per year and arrests per crime category
✅ Crime detection rates

Read more https://crimehub.org/topics/professional-policing

20/05/2026

As part of public sector reform, South Africa’s government has since 2001 initiated a planning, budgeting and reporting process to institutionalise the ‘value-for-money’ principle within all government departments.

The planning process entails developing strategic and annual performance plans, allocating resources to implement those plans, and monitoring and evaluating the results using various accountability documents such as annual reports. Performance indicators are integral to the planning process to measure progress and results in implementing the strategic and annual performance plan.

The National Treasury and Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation have developed a series of indicator frameworks linked to the planning process to guide the public sector in measuring its performance over time. However, due to their complexity, serious doubts exist about the efficiency of implementing these frameworks, which did not necessarily translate into impact results.

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The purpose of this guide is to foster an understanding of the principles of performance information that should be included in developing strategic plans, annual performance plans, and annual operational plans as outlined by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.

18/05/2026

In South Africa, there is almost no research evidence that policing reduces crime or improves feelings of safety. Does this mean that police have no positive impact? Not at all. Instead, the link between police activities and goals has yet to be competently shown. Working together, South Africa’s police and research community can change this.

An evidence-based approach to policing sees police and researchers generate, review and apply the best available research evidence to challenge and inform police policies, practices and decisions. It enables police to do more of what matters most and less of what doesn’t work.

This page highlights the work of the evidence-based team at the Institute for Security Studies. The work undertaken shows how meaningful partnerships between police and competent academic and civil society researchers can help transform the SAPS into the professional agency it strives to be.

Click here https://crimehub.org/topics/evidence-based-policing