SAPS Delays Justice in Bradshaw Case: Traumatized Mother and Daughter Left in Limbo Amid Institutional Foot-Dragging

October 31, 2025 – Johannesburg, South Africa

In a stark illustration of South Africa's crumbling justice system, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has once again postponed critical developments in the high-profile Bradshaw case, leaving a grieving mother—now partially paralyzed—and her young daughter in a state of prolonged anguish. What was promised as a breakthrough "yesterday" has now been deferred to "next week," stalling parallel investigations by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).

The case, which has gripped the nation with its harrowing details of trauma inflicted on innocent lives, centers on allegations of severe misconduct by SAPS officers. At its heart are a little girl and her mother, both reeling from the events that have left the mother with partial paralysis—a direct consequence, advocates claim, of SAPS actions or negligence....