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Assumptions and Reality: The securitisation of human trafficking in Southern Africa
(2010) Hübschle, Annette; Van der Spuy, Elrena
Our understanding of the concept of security has changed since the end of the Cold War. A cursive look at our daily news headlines confirms that a plethora of phenomena are phrased in security terms. The 'drug on wars' and the 'global war on terrorism' are the most obvious examples. Trafficking in persons has also been elevated to a security issue. The trend of 'securitising' non-traditional security threats has not stirred much controversy as yet. This dissertation will question why and how the issue of human trafficking has been securitised. In using the Copenhagen School's securitisation theory as an analytical framework, the dissertation will examine the international and regional (southern Africa) dimensions of the securitisation of human trafficking. The emergence of human trafficking as a social problem in public discourse will be discussed. Of principal concern are the underlying interests that propel the moral panic. Another chapter will look at global strategies aimed at combating and preventing trafficking. Before exploring the parallels between the 'Global War on Terrorism' and the dominant anti-trafficking paradigm, existing research evidence on the prevalence, scale and size of human trafficking will be scrutinised.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF A SPECIAL KIND: Recent writings by and on the police in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2014) Van der Spuy, Elrena
he occupational culture of police organisations has long fascinated policing scholars. In the Anglo- American world ethnographic enquiries have contributed much to our understanding of police perceptions, beliefs and actions. This article takes a closer look at efforts to describe and analyse police culture in South Africa. Three genres of writings are considered. Structural accounts of police culture and ethnographic accounts of the police are briefly discussed before turning to a more detailed consideration of a third and emerging genre: police autobiographies. Two recent autobiographies written by former policemen are explored in some detail with the view to considering the contribution of the autobiography to our understanding of the complex occupational dynamics of police and policing in South Africa.
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Challenging challenges : a metaphysical redress of van den Haag's retributive axiom : Unequal justice over equal injustice
(2009) Traub, Craig Michael; Van der Spuy, Elrena; Phelps, Kelly
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Challenging Challenges: A Metaphysical Redress of van den Haag's Retributive Axiom 'Unequal Justice over Equal Injustice'
(2009) Traub, Craig Michael; Van der Spuy, Elrena
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Contested governance: police and gang interactions
(2017) Kinnes, Irvin; Shearing, Clifford D; Van der Spuy, Elrena
Gangs in Cape Town have long been associated with high levels of violence and police efforts on the Cape Flats, while state agencies have not yet been able to bring any significant relief to the affected communities or growing gang structures. It seems the conventional approaches need reconceptualization. This thesis explores a nodal governance approach to the forms and consequences associated with the policing of gangs by police. Developments in governance theory has brought new insights for our understanding of how state and non-state actors relate in and across different networks, and especially within the security governance networks. However, such research has failed to consider how gangs and police interact and regulate each other through their own governance and conflict with one another. In attempts by the police to govern gangs (and by extension the community), a state of contested governance arises between gangs and police nodes of power. This thesis argues that contrary to previous understandings, the organised gangs of Cape Town regulate and impact the way the police police gangs, which in turn affects the way gangs police themselves, and goes on to explore these interactions.
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A descriptive study of offender on offender assaults in Pollsmoor Medium B Correctional Centre
(2017) Koekemoer, Hannes; Van der Spuy, Elrena
In recent years, Correctional Centre violence has been much debated. Although the literature on violence is well developed, little is known about the nature and extent of violence in South African Correctional Centres, despite widespread concern and speculation. Furthermore, it is unclear whether this particular context of violence is due to the often hostile environment of Correctional Centres, or due to violent nature of inmates held in custody. This research study aims to investigate Correctional Centre violence in a South African Correctional Centre, looking specifically at offender-on-offender assaults that occurred in Pollsmoor Medium B Correctional Centre, by looking at assault incident reports and investigations. Discourse and thematic analysis was applied to single out the nature and contexts of the assaults reported. It was found that the assaults usually took place in certain spaces and times, but also that perpetrators and victims of violence often shared various commonalities. Additionally, certain units seemed more prone to violence than others, related to the finding that there were definite indications of spaces controlled by inmates and spaces controlled by correctional Officers. The study concludes that violence in South African Correctional Centres cannot be seen isolated from the offender, the outside world and their backgrounds.
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Enlisting science in the 'war on crime': Key controversies generated by the South African Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill
(2010) Lee, Alix; Van der Spuy, Elrena; Smythe, Dee
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From rule of law towards human rights-based approached to criminal justice reform in Mozambique the case of pre-trial detention
(2012) Lorizzo, Concetta; Van der Spuy, Elrena
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Governing Outer Space as a Global Commons: Examining ‘Tragedy’ in Orbital Medium
(2018) Oz, Besir Suleyman; Van der Spuy, Elrena; Powell, Cathleen
The purpose of this research is to examine the outer space governance regime and to identify key governance deficits which are arguably the main reason for the far-reaching proliferation of space debris in the outer space commons. To this end, the research initially inspects two of the existing global commons – the maritime and polar regions – their governing regimes, and the regulatory, legal, and political challenges encountered in each. The discussion on the connection between global governance deficits and the environmental tragedies within these domains aims to establish the conceptual foundation of this study. Based on this foundation, the research discusses legislative and regulatory dimensions of outer space governance and international responses to the challenges facing the outer space commons. It concludes with the examination of the space debris problem and potential policy responses to address this global environmental tragedy. In this regard, in the light of Ostrom’s design principles, an international treaty on space environment protection, a financial programme in managing the cost of debris removal programmes and maintenance of spatial resources, and an international space agency to coordinate these fields and provide substantial cooperation between space actors, are offered as fundamental steps to prevent the tragedy in outer space – the common heritage of mankind. Therefore, this research intends to contribute to the understanding of the space debris problem and its consequences for global welfare.
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An investigation into transformation within the South African Mining Sector, with particular reference to the regulatory frameworks and mechanisms in which mining firms operate : a case study on Lonmin Plc
(2016) Edmond, Grant Malcolm; Van der Spuy, Elrena
Transformation is undoubtably a moral imperative. It primarily relates to the eradication of past discriminatory practices and the establishment of a society founded upon equality and justice. Unfortunately transformation has become a buzz word that is used in academic literature, legislation and the media I a variety of content. This research will focus on the mining sector, given the importance of the sector to the South African economy and the slow progress that the sector has made in advancing transformation. This dissertation sets out to better understand the term transformation through an extensive analysis of the current framework in which mining forms operate. This includes non-legislative and legislative documents. The research will take the form of a case study that focuses on Lonmin Plc. It will first conduct an extensive review of the literature and the transformation framework that applies. Secondly, the research will bring the case study into a current reality by interviewing individual miners, community leaders and Lonmin representatives. These interviews will be semi-structured, whereby an interview guide will form the base of the discussion. The goal of these interviews is to view the current transformation framework in light of the lived experiences of individuals. The interview data will be analyzed using a thematic analysis approach, initially coding the interview manuscripts and ultimately collating these codes into themes which will be discussed in detail. The research will focus on a Black Economic Empowerment deal that was concluded between Lonmin and the Bapo Community. The is intended to highlight some of the complexities surrounding Black Economic Empowerment deals in practice. The research found that the main components of transformation, as illustrated by the literature and the interviews, are the creation of better working conditions for miners, the skills development of Historically Disadvantaged South Africans, the adoption of preferential procurement policies by Lonmin Plc and the conducting of proper engagement processes between mining companies and mining communities.
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Jagged blue frontiers: The police and the policing of boundaries in South Africa
(2017) Lamb, Guy; Van der Spuy, Elrena; Shearing, Clifford D
Social and territorial boundaries have been fundamental to the approaches and practices of policing bodies in South Africa for centuries, from the mounted colonial paramilitary forces of the 1800s to the 21st century professional police. Boundaries have not only been a central mechanism that the police have consistently used to control and regulate the general population, but have also been catalysts for change in terms of operational policing strategies and tactics. This has typically been the case when a threat has been ascribed to a bounded area and/or populations that reside within the confines of the boundary, or on the other side of the boundary. The nature of the such a threat is considered to be even more severe when communities within the bounded space, or on the other side of the boundary, acquire significant quantities of firearms and ammunition, as this provides such populations with the lethal technology to defy and contest the police's coercive authority and ability to conserve boundaries relating to the maintenance of order and the enforcement of laws. South Africa is a distinctly relevant case study for an examination of the relationship between boundaries and the police as for the past three and a half centuries South Africa's diverse policing history has been profoundly framed by territorial, social and political boundaries. The police and the proto-police have been at the sharp edge of the application of authority by assorted forms of government, and have often acted to safeguard the interests of economic and political elites. That is, the police and formal policing bodies have been required to subdue and suppress groups and individuals that resisted or threatened the process of state building and resource extraction. The police were also regularly deployed to protect the territorial borders of South Africa from menacing others. By means of this historical analysis of South Africa, this thesis introduces a new concept, 'police frontierism', which illuminates the nature of the relationships between the police, policing and boundaries, and can potentially be used for future case study research. It is an alternative way of conceptualising policing, one in which police work is fundamentally framed by social and territorial boundaries. Such boundaries delineate perceived safe or 'civilised' spaces from dangerous or 'uncivilised' ones. The police tend to concentrate their resources in the frontier zone immediately adjacent to the boundary in order to preserve or extend the boundary of safety and 'civilisation', and restrict, subdue or eliminate those individuals, groups or circumstances from the 'uncivilised' spaces that a government authority or elites have deemed to be a threat to order and peace. An essential dynamic of this policing approach is that the boundary and the adjoining frontier zone strongly influence police practices and behaviour in this context. In particular, territorial and social delineations amplify and distort existing police prejudices against those communities on the other side of the boundary. The police often engage in othering, where the communities of interest are viewed negatively, and are predominantly seen as agents of disorder and law breaking. This othering may lead to an intensification of aggressive police behaviour towards the targeted communities.
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Looking back: Insider views on the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2014) McGrath, Chloë; Van der Spuy, Elrena
The establishment of a constitutional democracy in South Africa necessitated widespread institutional reforms across state sectors. A key feature of such reforms was the emphasis on oversight and accountability as illustrated in reform endeavours pursued in the South African Police Service, courts and prisons. One such oversight mechanism – the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) – is the subject of this article. Drawing on qualitative interviews with people closely involved with the JICS since 1998, this article presents 'insider views' regarding the JICS. We conclude with incumbents' views on the effectiveness of the JICS.
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Regulation, conflict and violence in the South African minibus-taxi industry : observations from the Western Cape
(2002) Jefthas, Diane; Van der Spuy, Elrena
This research attempts to explore the complexities of the issues underlying the instability in the South African minibus-taxi industry. Presented in this dissertation is a detailed account of the growth and development of the industry and the conflict and violence that has plagued it since the late 1980s. A review of the apartheid government's attempts to address the problems in the taxi industry, is followed by an examination of the democratic government's strategies to bring about the industry's stability through transformation, formalisation and regulation. Of particular interest is the nature of the relationships that exist both within the taxi industry and between the industry and government, more specifically, law enforcement agencies. The challenges facing future regulation of the industry are then highlighted.
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South African criminology's aetiological crisis: reflections on a century of murder
(University of Cape Town, 2020) Kriegler, Anine; Van der Spuy, Elrena; Smythe, Dee
South African criminology's structural aetiology is in crisis. This dissertation offers a novel account of the nature, origin, severity, implications, and possibilities of that crisis. It suggests that, rather than a normative problem, it should be understood as an empirical one, related to the challenge of crime prevalence measurement. The question of crime prevalence patterns and trends has mistakenly been treated as trivial. This dissertation conducts meta-theoretical and historical analyses to reveal a fundamental criminological quandary: making defensible and testable claims about aggregate crime prevalence patterns and trends is at once both indispensable and impossible. This dilemma is in some respects inherent to the task of primary criminology, but its origin and manifestation are also uniquely crippling and revealing in the South African context. The aetiological crisis is more severe, more fundamental, and more complex than previously thought. In demonstration of this, this dissertation seeks to establish, as defensibly as possible, just one observation about long-term South African crime prevalence trends that would seem to require explanatory effort. It collects official South African police murder statistics over the longest-possible time frame and at the lowest-possible level of aggregation and combines them with census data using Geographic Information System technology. The result is by far the most extensive and defensible possible description of South African long-term crime prevalence patterns and trends. It shows a large, unprecedented, widespread murder rate decrease from 1994 to 2011. This poses problems for existing theory and reveals the discipline's failure to even identify that which is relatively unequivocal and requires explanation. This dissertation concludes that there is an unidentified void at what should be the empirical heart of South African criminology. There is much to gain in engaging head-on the question of how to go about systematic empirical observation in the context of profound ambiguity about the meaning and measure of crime.
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South African Police reform in the 1990s : internal processes and external influences
(2005) Van der Spuy, Elrena; Steytler, Nico; Van Zyl Smit, Dirk
In the contemporary era policy-making is increasingly being shaped by non-domestic influences and actors. The mobility of policy ideas and mechanisms across time and space provides a challenge: How best to conceptualise the routes and modes of travelling whereby ideas and instruments are transported from one location to another? Conceptual tools originally designed in public policy circles - such as lesson-drawing, modelling, policy diffusion, policy transfer and convergence - have more recently been introduced into criminological enquiries regarding the convergence of criminal justice policies. This thesis applies the conceptual framework of policy transfer (referring to conscious efforts on the part of social agencies to export-import lessons from one locale to another) to the field of policing with a specific emphasis on South African police reform after 1990. The central focus of this enquiry is the interplay between novel, often externally derived , ideas and practices with a national police force at a time of immense political transition. Selective aspects of South African police reform are explored with specific emphasis on how, in what way, and to what extent, local reform efforts have been influenced by global notions and practices of good policing.Three institutional conduits for reformist policing ideas are considered. In the first instance, the contribution of policing scholars, a knowledge-based community of some importance, to debates on the pathways for police reform are discussed with an emphasis on the theoretical and normative assumptions that have guided their analyses of a policing ethos and system beyond Apartheid. Secondly, the role of an interim policy mechanism, the National Police Board (created in terms of a peace agreement signed in 1991) in setting an agenda for police reform is considered. Thirdly, the discussion profiles the international development community as a constituency of importance in recent police reform efforts. The latter exploration proceeds through a case study method. Three distinct examples of donor aid in support of institutional reform are described with particular reference to the paradigms invoked, the cultural entrepreneurs and policy networks involved, and the contextual factors that facilitated and/or constrained reformist efforts. A wide range of data collection methods were utilised during the course of the research. A literature review of contemporary debates on policy transfer, police and security sector reform in both mature and emerging democracies was undertaken. Furthermore, a wide range of primary documentary sources and various official policy documents were consulted. Face to face interviews with members of various policy constituencies also provided source material. Lastly, participant observation of policy structures and field notes compiled during evaluative research of a number of donor assisted projects provided contextual observations of importance to the analysis. This enquiry supports the conclusion that there is growing convergence in the language and practices associated with democratic police reform. Yet the dilemmas of policy transfer from North to South - particularly (although not exclusively) in the context of aid packages - are often underestimated. Local experiments suggest that whilst policy transfers can facilitate policy change, policies transferred all too easily become victims of domestic contingencies. Empirical enquiries into the context, processes and outcomes associated with reformist interventions are necessary to sharpen our understanding of how exactly policy travels and to what local effect. Recent reform activity aimed at the South African Police illustrates the extent to which policy communities situated at the local, national and transnational level do not exist in isolation but rather stand in a complex and interactive relationship to one another.
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Victim participation in practice at the International Criminal Court: Kenya 2 case study
(2015) Dodgson, Kate; Van der Spuy, Elrena; Woolaver, Hannah
This minor dissertation examines victim participation at the International Criminal Court in practice, focusing on the Kenya 2 proceedings. Victim participation has always been a significant part of the mandate of the International Criminal Court, however, the actual practice of victim participation is not well expounded upon in the Rome Statute or through the legal texts of the Court. It has largely been left up to individual chambers to determine and design what modality of victim participation is suitable for the circumstances of the case before it. The Kenya situation presented a number of novel circumstances that required the Court and Counsel to implement new and innovative victim participation practices. The failures and successes of the Kenya victim participation methods deserve to be documented so that lessons can be learnt for current and future victim participation practices.
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Violence against women in rural Southern Cape : exploring access to justice within a feminist jurisprudence framework
(1999) Artz, Lillian; Van der Spuy, Elrena
Women in rural and severely underprivileged areas remain one of the most vulnerable groups in South Africa to violence in their communities and in their homes. To date, information on rural women, their experiences with domestic violence and social development is both fragmented and inconsistent. The issue of access to justice for rural women presented in this thesis is based on the premise that violence against women keeps women in conditions of poverty, and fear of poverty keeps women trapped in violent situations. It is also based on feminist theory that argues that historical, legal, cultural and political factors contribute to domestic violence and even with emerging policy and legislation promoting wo1nen's safety and freedom from violence, the criminal justice system has not shed it's predilection of institutionalised sexism. It will be argued that systemic discrimination against rural women has lead to the inadequate implementation of legislation and policy relating to women's fundamental rights to safety and freedom from violence. This research, therefore, takes the challenge of constructing an appropriate framework for an integrated analysis of law, gender, and social development. It does so through a feminist jurisprudence framework. The central aims of the research are to: (i) examine the nature or proï¬ le of domestic violence in rural areas; (ii) identify the obstacles which prevent women from accessing justice in the face of domestic violence; (iii) identify support mechanisms within rural communities for victims of domestic violence; (iv) explore current policing, justice and health care responses to rural women who experience domestic violence; (v) examine the nature of secondary victimisation of these women by their communities and the relevant criminal justice departments; (vi) examine the nature of current policy and legislation in relation to violence against women and establish the extent to which they have impact on rural women; (vii) to identify gaps in service delivery in rural areas and (viii) to highlight the unique barriers to justice that rural women face. The issues of access to justice for rural women is introduced in this thesis through a study undertaken in rural areas in the Southern Cape. Access was facilitated to 15 different communities in the Southern Cape and 168 women in total were interviewed on issues of violence against women and access to justice. Another 28 women were interviewed on issues relating to maintenance. The primary data collection technique of this research in the Southern Cape took the form of 19 focus-group interviews through a cross section of community structures. These interviews took the form of 'workshops', in which an active exchange of information between the researcher and the researched took place. The focus-group interviews were held in communities in Knysna, Rheenandal, Kurland Dorp, Plettenberg Bay, Sedgeï¬ eld, Mossel Bay and George. The results indicate that access to justice for rural women is limited for the following reasons: (i) women in rural areas lack nearby services and the cost of transportation decreases a won1an's ability to leave violent situations or even seek information or assistance to deal with the problem; (ii) Women in small rural communities articulate fears of community gossip or alienation from their communities if they seek assistance; (iii) women in rural areas have little option but to remain in the home with the offender because there are no accessible safe houses or shelters; (iv) women remain powerless over alcoholism within their communities; (v) rural women remain in abusive relationships because they have little access to economic resources; (vi) limited access to state and private health, welfare and justice services results in systemic discrimination by the state in almost every area of rural w0men's lives; (vii) distances to basic public services are great and child care is a problem if travel is necessary; (viii) very few development services exist in rural communities; (ix) there are no or limited taxi and bus services and if they do exist they are expensive; and (x) the combined effects of poverty and violence for rural women in the Southern Cape creates formidable barriers to women's equality, mental and physical health, and their full participation in civil society. In light of these results current South African policy and legislation relating to domestic violence and crime prevention are discussed. The thesis concludes that current law contains systemic inequalities, that state legal structures are inherently discriminatory against women and, more speciï¬ cally, do not meet the needs of rural women.
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Violence against women in rural Southern Cape: exploring access to justice within a feminist jurisprudence framework
(1999) Artz, Lillian; Van der Spuy, Elrena
Women in rural and severely underprivileged areas remain one of the most vulnerable groups in South Africa to violence in their communities and in their homes. To date, information on rural women, their experiences with domestic violence and social development is both fragmented and inconsistent. The issue of access to justice for rural women presented in this thesis is based on the premise that violence against women keeps women in conditions of poverty, and fear of poverty keeps women trapped in violent situations. It is also based on feminist theory that argues that historical, legal, cultural and political factors contribute to domestic violence and even with emerging policy and legislation promoting wo1nen's safety and freedom from violence, the criminal justice system has not shed it's predilection of institutionalised sexism. It will be argued that systemic discrimination against rural women has lead to the inadequate implementation of legislation and policy relating to women's fundamental rights to safety and freedom from violence. This research, therefore, takes the challenge of constructing an appropriate framework for an integrated analysis of law, gender, and social development. It does so through a feminist jurisprudence framework. The central aims of the research are to: (i) examine the nature or proﬁle of domestic violence in rural areas; (ii) identify the obstacles which prevent women from accessing justice in the face of domestic violence; (iii) identify support mechanisms within rural communities for victims of domestic violence; (iv) explore current policing, justice and health care responses to rural women who experience domestic violence; (v) examine the nature of secondary victimisation of these women by their communities and the relevant criminal justice departments; (vi) examine the nature of current policy and legislation in relation to violence against women and establish the extent to which they have impact on rural women; (vii) to identify gaps in service delivery in rural areas and (viii) to highlight the unique barriers to justice that rural women face. The issues of access to justice for rural women is introduced in this thesis through a study undertaken in rural areas in the Southern Cape. Access was facilitated to 15 different communities in the Southern Cape and 168 women in total were interviewed on issues of violence against women and access to justice. Another 28 women were interviewed on issues relating to maintenance. The primary data collection technique of this research in the Southern Cape took the form of 19 focus-group interviews through a cross section of community structures. These interviews took the form of 'workshops', in which an active exchange of information between the researcher and the researched took place. The focus-group interviews were held in communities in Knysna, Rheenandal, Kurland Dorp, Plettenberg Bay, Sedgeﬁeld, Mossel Bay and George. The results indicate that access to justice for rural women is limited for the following reasons: (i) women in rural areas lack nearby services and the cost of transportation decreases a won1an's ability to leave violent situations or even seek information or assistance to deal with the problem; (ii) Women in small rural communities articulate fears of community gossip or alienation from their communities if they seek assistance; (iii) women in rural areas have little option but to remain in the home with the offender because there are no accessible safe houses or shelters; (iv) women remain powerless over alcoholism within their communities; (v) rural women remain in abusive relationships because they have little access to economic resources; (vi) limited access to state and private health, welfare and justice services results in systemic discrimination by the state in almost every area of rural w0men's lives; (vii) distances to basic public services are great and child care is a problem if travel is necessary; (viii) very few development services exist in rural communities; (ix) there are no or limited taxi and bus services and if they do exist they are expensive; and (x) the combined effects of poverty and violence for rural women in the Southern Cape creates formidable barriers to women's equality, mental and physical health, and their full participation in civil society. In light of these results current South African policy and legislation relating to domestic violence and crime prevention are discussed. The thesis concludes that current law contains systemic inequalities, that state legal structures are inherently discriminatory against women and, more speciﬁcally, do not meet the needs of rural women.
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What is SAPS 'doing' in Kinshasa? Exploring the dyamics of South-South policing building
(2009) Van der Spuy, Elrena
On the surface, South Africa seems well positioned to play a leading role in development cooperation in Africa. Support for such a role is appealing at a time when the notion of South-South exchanges is current. Beyond the political rhetoric, however, there lie a range of issues which at present hamper the role of South Africa, and its public police agency, the South African Police Service, in particular. These issues are explored through an examination of South African Police Service's assistance to the Police Nationale Congolaise (hereinafter referred to as the PNC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (hereinafter referred to as the DRC). For purposes of this enquiry I rely on a field visit to Kinshasa and a series of interviews with South African Police Services' (hereinafter referred to as SAPS) officials conversant with the emerging dynamics of developmental assistance to other police institutions within the region. From this case study - admittedly brief and limited - some broader observations relevant to South-South assistance in the terrain of safety and security are made, in the hope of helping advance our understanding of the role of the police in police building during state reconstruction.
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What is SAPS 'doing' in Kinshasa? Exploring the dyamics of South-South policing building
(2009) Van der Spuy, Elrena
On the surface, South Africa seems well positioned to play a leading role in development cooperation in Africa. Support for such a role is appealing at a time when the notion of South-South exchanges is current. Beyond the political rhetoric, however, there lie a range of issues which at present hamper the role of South Africa, and its public police agency, the South African Police Service, in particular. These issues are explored through an examination of South African Police Service's assistance to the Police Nationale Congolaise (hereinafter referred to as the PNC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (hereinafter referred to as the DRC). For purposes of this enquiry I rely on a field visit to Kinshasa and a series of interviews with South African Police Services' (hereinafter referred to as SAPS) officials conversant with the emerging dynamics of developmental assistance to other police institutions within the region. From this case study - admittedly brief and limited - some broader observations relevant to South-South assistance in the terrain of safety and security are made, in the hope of helping advance our understanding of the role of the police in police building during state reconstruction.

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