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The joint task force comprising the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to tackle crime will not see soldiers performing ordinary policing functions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SANDF deployment to back police set to start on 31 March

National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said the army would play a supporting role to the South African Police Service

  • Eyaaz
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Children in areas such as Lavender Hill on Cape Town are exposed to gang violence and poverty. Photo: David Harrison/M&G

Trauma is hampering the education of South Africa’s children

Teachers, especially those in schools where violence, drugs and gangsterism are a daily reality, need to become ‘trauma informed’

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Women of the struggle: Artist Sue Williamson with works from her series of photo portraits from the ongoing series All Our Mothers. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Goodman Gallery

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

  • Eyaaz
11 min read