This paper discusses some of the ways that the police services can effectively transform in the post-apartheid period and lead South Africa towards a truly democratic and peaceful future.
This paper discusses community policing as a concept, the legislative background to community policing in South Africa, as well as the role of civil society, the provincial government and local government in community policing. The paper argues that the implementation of community policing in South Africa has given rise to a set of new social and political relationships at all levels of society. Moreover, the social context in which community policing occurs has had a major impact on the nature of these relationships, particularly in regard to the role of civil society in the process of transforming societal institutions.
This paper draws on primary research to analyse youth self defence structures in Gauteng. The paper considers the aspirations and needs of youth involved in these defence structures, and considers the ways that the state could address these aspirations and needs.
This paper focuses on the potentially numerous traumatised individuals who will come in contact with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It focuses exclusively on the psychological implications of the TRC and the process of truth recovery.
This presentation lists a number of challenges facing the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU). It covers POPCRU's relationship with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the union's attitude towards community policing and its relationship with other unions.
This paper explores the history and current status of labour relations within the South African Police Service from the perspective of the two key police unions currently operative in South Africa.
