This Article draws on two case studies in which in-depth group and individual interviews were conducted with key male informants about their involvement in violent service delivery protests in South Africa. It provides a gendered analysis of these events by…
Announcing that President Zuma would not deploy the army to intervene in Cape Flats gang wars, his spokesman Mac Maharaj noted that the president "has directed ministers in the social and economic sectors to study the situation and look for…
The origins of this research lay in the wave of xenophobic attacks which swept across South Africa in May 2008. The report looks at xenophobic violence and community protests together, drawing the links both empirically as one form of collective…
The opening paragraph of your report on the latest crime statistics refers to business robberies, house robberies and car hijackings stating that these are the crimes that 'South Africans fear the most', a statement also reflected in the articles headline. …
In January, acts of violence and intimidation were perpetrated against foreigners in Soshanguve. In March, foreigners' home-based businesses were vandalised and items stolen in Atteridgeville West. In April, South African nationals looted the shops and burned the homes of foreigners…
President Mbeki's State of the Nation address earlier this month appears to reflect a shift in government's approach and attitude towards crime, partly in response to public pressure and despair at continuing high levels of violence. Government has devoted major…