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In the shadow of my father – the killer

Apparently, one fateful night of 8 August 1996, Papa went to the police station where he was stationed. He booked an R-5 rifle telling colleagues that he needed it to attend to a suspect that was dangerous and heavily armed. I was told that he had to book a gun as he was no longer allowed to carry one due to his history of domestic violence which was reported to his employer, South African Police Services (SAPS)

Blacks more vulnerable to police violence than whites – study

The fall of the apartheid era in 1994 led to the belief that the South African Police Service (SAPS) would move on from serving the apartheid government’s interests, to serving the public. However recent altercations between the SAPS and poor black civilians in South Africa have led to a theory that the SAPS have not in fact gone through a sufficient change.