South Africa police scuffle with MPs

Why South Africa's political status quo is beginning to crack

A South African court convicts eight policemen of murdering a Mozambican taxi driver who was tied and dragged behind a police van in 2013.

Brand South Africa joins the rest of the country in condemning the acts of violence

 Brand South Africa (http://www.southafrica.info) joins the rest of the country in condemning the acts of violence that have been levelled against some foreign national residing in some of the nine provinces of South Africa.

We assure all our partners in the continent that South Africa stands firmly against all intolerances such as racism, xenophobia, homophobia and sexism. As such security forces are hard...

>Debate on budget estimates for the Home Affairs ministry was dominated by calls from MPs for robust action to improve the working and living conditions of police officers as the House approved the ministry’s Sh881.7 billion budget. Virtually all MPs who contributed expressed concern about housing for the officers, food allowances and poor working conditions.

>Opposition MPs yesterday strongly called for review of policing laws in the country to tame brutality and injustice meted on innocent citizens.

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete chats  with the Millicom International Cellular South Africa Executive Vice President for Africa, Mr Arthur Bastings, who paid a courtesy call on him Wednesday January 14, 2015 at the State House in Dar es salaam. President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete chats with the Millicom International Cellular South Africa Executive Vice President for Africa, Mr… ...

  President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete chats  with the Millicom International Cellular South Africa Executive Vice President for Africa, Mr Arthur Bastings, who paid a courtesy call on him Wednesday January 14, 2015 at the State House in Dar es salaam  President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete chats with the Millicom International Cellular South Africa Executive Vice President for Africa, Mr Arthur Bastings, who paid a courtesy call on him Wednesday January 14, 2015 at the State House in Dar es salaam