PublicationsResearchUrban SafetyMetro Government Safety and Security Arrangements in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan MunicipalityThis report is part of a series of reports which document the role of local government in crime reduction in the six metropolitan cities in South Africa. The report gives a preliminary overview of the municipality's safety and security arrangements, and future crime reduction plans, in the Nelson Mandela Metro in the Eastern Cape Province. In particular, it will consider… Read More Ingrid PalmaryJanuary 1, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Urban SafetyMunicipal Policing in South Africa: Development and ChallengesThe following document is a monograph that aims to clarify the functions of a municipal police service and the challenges they are likely to face in fulfilling these. The monograph is based on research carried out independently by the authors over a period of several years. It provides an up to-date picture of developments in Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape… Read More Janine Rauch, Mark Shaw and Antoinette LouwNovember 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchPolicing, Urban SafetyUpdate on Municipal Policing (mid-2001)The subsequent report provides a brief update on the state of municipal policing in South Africa as at June 2001. Read More Janine RauchJune 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Urban SafetySocial Crime Prevention in South Africa's Major CitiesThis report examines social crime prevention activities in South Africa's four major cities during 2000, and locates these activities within an analysis of the progress that has been made in terms of the social crime prevention approach suggested for cities in the 1998 White Paper on Safety and Security. Read More Ingrid PalmaryJune 5, 2000
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Urban SafetyWomen's Fear and Survival in Inner-city JohannesburgHow do women ensure their safety and recognise danger in a country where rape has become all-pervasive? In pursuit of some answers to these questions, we conducted focus groups and interviews with a variety of women living and/or working in inner-city Johannesburg. These included homeless women, commercial sex workers operating from the hotels in Hillbrow, female security guards working for… Read More Lisa Vetten and Joy DladlaJune 1, 2000
PublicationsResearchPolicing, Urban SafetyBy-law Enforcement in South African CitiesThis paper will attempt to sketch the developments in by-law enforcement in the four major cities in South Africa, and in doing so, shall firstly examine the rationale behind by-law enforcement with specific reference to enabling legislation for such enforcement to take place. Secondly, the above examination will be carried out with reference to renewed attempts aimed at reviving metropolitan… Read More Mzi MemezaJanuary 3, 2000
