An accomplished orator, historian and custodian of Zulu tradition and culture, Buthelezi was perhaps one of the most contradictory figures in South African poli
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Claudine Senekal, Ladysmith Herald
KwaZulu-Natal has long suffered from inadequate, corrupt and violent policing. Recent events have simply made it more obvious. The problem of policing in the province dates from before the transition to democracy. Policing is a national function - in South Africa is in crisis and in KwaZulu-Natal the crisis is magnified, writes Jean Redpath.
During the violent looting in KwaZulu-Natal what was most evident was the almost complete absence of any South African Police Service (SAPS) officers. Yet unresponsive policing by SAPS is what citizens of this province routinely experience.
The 2016 Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS) found that some 26% in KZN said they never saw a police officer in uniform and on duty in their area, while a further 28% saw them only once a month. That s 53% on once a month or less – compared to the national average of 38%. Some 46% in KZN said SAPS took two or more hours to respond to an emergency call; a further 17% said
King Goodwill Zwelithini, leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation for half a century – obituary
He opposed anti-apartheid sanctions and proved a complicating factor in South Africa’s transition to democracy
King Goodwill Zwelithini in 2010
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King Goodwill Zwelithini, who has died aged 72, was for nearly 50 years the traditional leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation, the country’s largest ethnic group; in 1994 his support for the threat by the Zulu-nationalist Inkatha Freedom Party to boycott South Africa’s first multi-party elections scheduled for 26-28 April briefly threatened to disrupt the transition to democracy.