Cape Town's crimefighter, JP Smith, on the court battle that could reshape SA policing artwork
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Cape Town's crimefighter, JP Smith, on the court battle that could reshape SA policing

Sep 14, 2026 · 56:23

JP Smith has spent years being told his city is one of the world's most violent. He didn't dispute it. He explained why. Nearly every gun his officers pulled off the street came back to bite them: nineteen times out of twenty, the man caught red-handed walked free, because Cape Town cannot investigate its own arrests. That fight over investigative powers, now heading to court against national gove…