Comments on: South African police accused of gross abuse of power http://mhambi.com/2009/10/south-african-police-rape-abuse-power/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=south-african-police-rape-abuse-power A re-deployed blog with views on Azania* Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:13:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kameraad Mhambi http://mhambi.com/2009/10/south-african-police-rape-abuse-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 Kameraad Mhambi Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:45:17 +0000 http://mhambi.com/?p=480#comment-1766 Just for anybody else who reads this post, Peter Jordi at the Wits Law Clinic, specializes in these kinds of events. You can find them here. http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/CLM/Law/CentresClinicsResearch/WitsLawClinic/ Just for anybody else who reads this post, Peter Jordi at the Wits Law Clinic, specializes in these kinds of events.

You can find them here.

http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/CLM/Law/CentresClinicsResearch/WitsLawClinic/

]]> By: Kameraad Mhambi http://mhambi.com/2009/10/south-african-police-rape-abuse-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Kameraad Mhambi Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:36:32 +0000 http://mhambi.com/?p=480#comment-1765 Hi Karla, sorry to hear. I hope you do pursue this matter. I am going to forward your comment to Lawyers for Human Rights. they will be able to advise you on the best course of action. Keep me posted about how it goes. regards Wessel Hi Karla, sorry to hear.

I hope you do pursue this matter.

I am going to forward your comment to Lawyers for Human Rights. they will be able to advise you on the best course of action.

Keep me posted about how it goes.

regards Wessel

]]> By: Karla http://mhambi.com/2009/10/south-african-police-rape-abuse-power/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Karla Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:48:18 +0000 http://mhambi.com/?p=480#comment-1764 I was arrested on Tuesday night as I started video taping when a policeman hit my boyfriend. They tried to grab my cellphone from my by strangling me. We were then locked up and accused of being drunk and disorderly. We have a court date, but I was wondering what we should do next. I feel I need to take this further, but I am a bit worried that I am fighting against a stone wall. Please let me know if anyone has some useful advice. Thanks Karla I was arrested on Tuesday night as I started video taping when a policeman hit my boyfriend. They tried to grab my cellphone from my by strangling me. We were then locked up and accused of being drunk and disorderly. We have a court date, but I was wondering what we should do next. I feel I need to take this further, but I am a bit worried that I am fighting against a stone wall.

Please let me know if anyone has some useful advice.

Thanks
Karla

]]> By: On the essence of democracy http://mhambi.com/2009/10/south-african-police-rape-abuse-power/comment-page-1/#comment-983 On the essence of democracy Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:50:24 +0000 http://mhambi.com/?p=480#comment-983 [...] example – I am sure you are aware of recent things done to Zimbabweans, by police, against the law, and in spite of court orders to the contrary? “A number of [...] [...] example – I am sure you are aware of recent things done to Zimbabweans, by police, against the law, and in spite of court orders to the contrary? “A number of [...]

]]> By: Mike http://mhambi.com/2009/10/south-african-police-rape-abuse-power/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Mike Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:43:51 +0000 http://mhambi.com/?p=480#comment-720 Wessel, the above is all worrying indeed. In addition to this I'm worried that more and more citizens are giving in to actually paying bribes. I think it is crucial that citizens at grass roots level should resist paying bribes and speak out about it. Bribes are mostly solicited by people in power, someone who can withhold your business or building permit, who can stonewall some or other bureaucratic process or in the worst case scenario put you in a police cell for the night. I must admit that in the latter case I may very well pay a bribe to get someone out of a very dangerous situation and then lay a complaint directly afterwards. The one encouraging sign in the last days, after you wrote this post, is the canceling of the military aircraft order from Airbus. But only after the details emerged in the public domain. http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-25_2560151 Wessel, the above is all worrying indeed. In addition to this I’m worried that more and more citizens are giving in to actually paying bribes. I think it is crucial that citizens at grass roots level should resist paying bribes and speak out about it. Bribes are mostly solicited by people in power, someone who can withhold your business or building permit, who can stonewall some or other bureaucratic process or in the worst case scenario put you in a police cell for the night.

I must admit that in the latter case I may very well pay a bribe to get someone out of a very dangerous situation and then lay a complaint directly afterwards.

The one encouraging sign in the last days, after you wrote this post, is the canceling of the military aircraft order from Airbus. But only after the details emerged in the public domain. http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-25_2560151

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