The South African Police Service (SAPS), an executive branch of government that enforces the law, exercises its official public governmental power in terms of Acts of Parliament such as the Constitution of 1996, the Criminal Procedure Act and the Child Justice Act. In terms of section 205(3) of the Constitution of 1996, the objectives of the police service are to …

Last month, I celebrated my first anniversary in silence as the memory of having a gun put against my back re-entered my thoughts and left me cold. Our relationship began, ironically, on the day the rest of the country was enjoying their freedom on Human Rights Day while mine was stolen from me on the iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge. Because …

Is it possible for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the crime rate of a country to be equally high or low at the same time? Although many critique the use of a country’s GDP in the measuring of the economic wealth of a country and the standard of living of its residents, it continues to be widely accepted and …

Cream soda only for next year’s Freshers’ bash? Pheladi Sethusa, a second year Media Studies student, discusses recent government plans to increase the legal drinking age.
Last week I saw a news report on the planned change of the legal drinking age in South Africa. The proposed legislation states that the legal drinking age will be moved up from 18 to …