South Africa has fallen into the trap of believing imported best practices can solve complex problems like violence.
Short-term gains can come from prosecuting corrupt individuals, whether they be presidents, politicians, police or plutocrats.
Vigilantism is both a symptom and cause of a society where violence has become normalised.
Rather than fixing its deep management crisis, the SAPS is putting politics above the safety of South Africans.
Officers’ mental health and violence are shaped by society at large.
South Africans live in contexts that prime them for violence – safety for children and women can change this.
It’s not the police service that keeps officers relatively cash-strapped, but the structure of SA’s society and economy.
Trafficking in persons doesn’t lend itself to a simplistic counting of cases – the country needs better data.
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