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Title:Friend or Foe? A World View of Community-Police Relations in Gauteng Townships, 1947-77
Author:Kynoch, GaryISNI
Year:2003
Periodical:Canadian Journal of African Studies
Volume:37
Issue:2-3
Pages:298-327
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:police
townships
History and Exploration
Law, Human Rights and Violence
Ethnic and Race Relations
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Politics and Government
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/4107241
Abstract:This article traces public reactions to policing and crime in Johannesburg, South Africa, as expressed in the prominent African newspaper 'Bantu World' (renamed 'World' in 1956) from the end of World War II to 1977, when 'World' was banned by the South African government. Crime and policing featured prominently in news reports, editorials, letters to the editor, cartoons and photographs throughout these years. The analysis demonstrates that police in general, but especially black police, enjoyed a significant degree of popular support in the townships during the first three decades of apartheid. For many township residents the fear of crime superseded their profound resentment of a police force that imposed apartheid legislation. Black police were identified as symbols of progress that represented African communities' desire for, and commitment to, the rule of law. Police suppression of the Soweto uprisings of 1976 marks the beginning of a general deterioration in community-police relations. Bibliogr., notes, sum. in French. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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