Patterns of violence significantly changed with the introduction of South Africa’s 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. By monitoring murder trends, carrying out interviews and conducting a survey of over 5 000 residents in Cape Town, the Western Cape Government and ISS researchers sought to identify lessons that could inform post-pandemic safety governance in South Africa’s most violent police areas.
About the authors
Andrew Faull is a Senior Researcher, Justice and Violence Prevention, at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa provides for the National Minister to develop policing policies, taking into account the policing needs and priorities of the provinces as determined by the provincial executives. It is for this purpose that this report was prepared by the Department of Community Safety in order for policing plans to be developed, incorporating the needs and priorities of the Western Cape.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa provides for the National Minister to develop policing policies, taking into account the policing needs and priorities of the provinces as determined by the provincial executives. It is for this purpose that this report was prepared by the Department of Community Safety in order for policing plans to be developed, incorporating the needs and priorities of the Western Cape.
2022/23 - 2023/24 Policing Needs and Priorities (PNP) District Reports.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa provides for the National Minister to develop policing policies, taking into account the policing needs and priorities of the provinces as determined by the provincial executives. It is for this purpose that this report was prepared by the Department of Community Safety in order for policing plans to be developed, incorporating the needs and priorities of the Western Cape.