Traditional Leaders in the eThekwini Metropolitan region: Their Role in Crime Prevention and Safety Promotion

This report discusses the role that the traditional leaders play in the prevention of crime and violence in the eThekwini metropolitan region. It is part of a project undertaken in three of the metropolitan regions that contain large rural areas, that is, Tshwane, eThekwini and Ekhuruleni. The emphasis for the research was on the functioning of the traditional courts, however, given the influence that issues of land and the relationships between councillors and Amakhosi had on the possibility for crime prevention these are briefly discussed.