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Fact Sheet 21: The role of the court in dealing with petty offences
This fact sheet addresses alternative ways in which offenders of minor crimes can be dealt with at a court level using a more restorative justice approach. It ...
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Fact Sheet 12: The independence and structure of the prosecuting authority
This factsheet maps the history and structure of the prosecution authority before and after 1994 showing that the independence of the prosecution authority ...
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Fact Sheet 13: Sector Policing: The SAPS' seminal strategy
Sector policing is a decentralised, geographical, problem oriented and community-focused approach to policing. Simply put, it requires that every station ...
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Fact Sheet 14: Visible policing: Clarifying concepts and expectations
This fact sheet unpacks the idea of visible policing in South Africa. In so doing, it highlights that the concept should be engaged with critically. It ...
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Fact Sheet 16: Arrest without a warrant: Guidelines against arbitrary and unlawful arrests
This fact sheet deals with the process of arrest without a warrant and aims to provide guidance on how police officers should test and use their discretion ...
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Fact Sheet 17: The right of prisoners to vote in Africa (Updated)
This fact-sheet provides a brief update on the right of prisoners to vote in Africa. There have been substantive advances and breakthroughs in the promotion of ...
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Fact Sheet 22: Arrest without a warrant in Zambia: Law reform to prevent arbitrary arrest
This fact sheet deals with arrest without a warrant in Zambia. It highlights the legal framework governing arrest without a warrant, the shortcomings in the ...
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Fact Sheet 9: Failing to discipline in SAPS (updated 2021)
Recent media reports showed again how police officials grossly misused their power and, against departmental prescripts, used a 'sjambok' to assault a man for ...
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Fact Sheet 23: Arrest without a warrant in Mozambique: Law reform to prevent arbitrary arrest
This factsheet deals with the power to arrest without a warrant in Mozambique. A 2013-decision by the Constitutional Council of Mozambique resulted in ...
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Fact Sheet 6: Indefinite imprisonment in South Africa: The difference between life and indefinite imprisonment
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