Vigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensation

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dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, Lenie
dc.contributor.authorDuvenhage, Andrè
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T07:33:18Z
dc.date.available2017-08-25T07:33:18Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractEnglish: Little research has been done on the phenomenon of vigilantism in South Africa. Vigilantism describes the action of citizens who take the law into their own hands, making use of violent methods, in the context of inadequate law enforcement by the state and the collapse of public order. In an environment of political instability, lack of public order and related security problems, groups such as People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), Mapoga-a-Mathamaga and “people’s courts” have come into being as vigilante organisations. This article describes and analyses vigilantism in South Africa against the backdrop of disintegrating public order.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAfrikaans: Slegs beperkte navorsing is gedoen op die terrein van vigilantisme in Suid-Afrika. Vigilantisme beskryf ’n situasie waar burgers die reg in eie hande neem teen die agtergrond van gebrekkige wetstoepassing deur die staat en ’n openbare regsorde wat besig is om in duie te stort. Binne ’n onstabiele politieke omgewing en ’n gebrekkige openbare regsorde, het groepe soos People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), Mapogo-a-Mathamaga en straatshowe (people’s courts) begin optree as vigilante organisasies. Hierdie artikel konsentreer op vigilantisme in Suid-afrika teen die agtergrond van ’n openbare regsorde wat besig is om te disintegreer.af
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSwanepoel, L., & Duvenhage, A. (2007). Vigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensation. Acta Academica, 39(1), 123-145.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/6672
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectVigilantismen_ZA
dc.subjectPolitical instabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectPublic orderen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectPost-1994 South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleVigilantism as a feature of political decay in the post-1994 South African dispensationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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Doctoral Degrees (Political Studies and Governance)