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TDPel Media
TDPel Media
Trust in state institutions to protect citizens is a prerequisite for sharing social spaces. This trust is corrupted in South Africa, where there are persistent anxieties that crime and violence are out of control. Despite considerable public spending on the police and security sector, the country has an enormous private security economy, as well as volunteer-based organisations for social protection like neighbourhood watch groups. A STUDY ON NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH GROUPS IN OBSERVATORYDecisions over access to public spaces, who is welcome, valued and protected – whose lives matter – is, of cour…