South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid — it’s been a rocky road to reform
How the security services have developed over the past 30 years, and how they are perceived by the public, have been shaped by several failures and shortcomings
21 April 2024 - 21:05
One of the important tasks that faced South Africa’s democratic government after 1994 was to reform the apartheid-era security apparatus...
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