
Kholofelo Annah RakubuTshwane University of Technology | tut · Department of Safety and Security Management
Kholofelo Annah Rakubu
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The National Peace Accord, signed by all major political parties in 1991, created various structures through which police accountability could be sought. In 1993, the Interim Constitution of South Africa Act 200 of 1993 formalized the establishment of the Community Police Forum (CPF) at police stations. The SAPS Act 68 of 1995 made a formal provisi...
South Africa and its policing system have been experiencing several incidents of vigilantism where community members partook in killing and administering “instant justice” to persons caught red-handed or suspected of engaging in criminal activities. Vigilantism has become a critical problem for the government, community members, and society. The st...
In the last seven years, Limpopo Province experienced a high rate of service delivery protests that turned violent. The service delivery protests in the Vuwani area have received a lot of media coverage and international scrutiny, wherein school, and government buildings were vandalised and burned down. The study adopted a qualitative approach to e...
This article examines municipalities on implementation and coordination of social crime prevention programmes in addressing social issues. The White Paper on Safety and Security (1998) clearly proposed that local government should be responsible for implementing and coordinating social crime prevention programmes within areas of concern. Therefore,...
The policing response to increasing community violent protests in South Africa
has received global attention in the postapartheid South Africa. Various stakeholders have raised concerns about arrests, injuries, and killing of civilians by
police during these demonstrations. Hence, the aim of this chapter is to evaluate
the effectiveness of public o...
The need for continuous research on domestic violence could be more espoused by the exponential increase in domestic violence, such that characterized the global reign of corona virus. Domestic violence cases have been on the rise in South Africa since 1994; and despite the existence of legal protections and statutory instruments that attempt to hi...
Domestic violence remains rife in many African societies, South Africa included. Laws on redress of domestic violence are critical in responding to gender-based violence in the light of the fact that women remain the major victims of this scourge. Moreover, with the police being the first point of contact in criminal justice processes, their abilit...
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the measures in the prevention and control of organised crime by government agencies based in Limpopo Province. The research was qualitative in nature and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 law enforcement officers. Data was analysed though thematic analysis. The results reveal...
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2008 and 2015 sent shockwaves through the country and the world. In these events, around 70 people were killed while thousands were displaced; and, property and products of street vendors and shop owners were destroyed. This phenomenological research project is confined to Louis Trichardt in Limpopo Province wh...
The Becks Depression Inventory 11 (BDI – 11) is one of the most used psychometric tools in hospitals and clinics throughout South Africa. The questions are in English and often use difficult words and concepts such as pessimism and self-dislike, which rural Black populations may find difficult to understand. The aim of this research was to compare...
The use of indigenous knowledge to meet primary health care needs goes back to 1978 when the
World Health Assembly announced the potential use of traditional medicine and urged member
states to use traditional medical practices in primary health care. The present study examined the
use of indigenous knowledge for preventive, curative and protective...
The research is a qualitative investigation into the challenges experienced by Students with
Physical Disabilities (SWPDs) at the University of Limpopo. The study uses Thematic Content
Analysis as both a framework and a mode of data analysis in the study. Interviews using a semistructured
questionnaire were used to investigate the phenomena. Themes...
Workers who provide services in the remote or high crime areas, work shift hours and/ or have a great deal of contact with the public as employees are at a higher risk to encounter violence in the workplace. The violence that occurs at work refers to a broad spectrum of behaviours such as violent acts by patients, visitors or co-workers that result...
The use of indigenous knowledge to meet primary health care needs goes back to 1978 when the World Health Assembly announced the potential use of traditional medicine and urged member states to use traditional medical practices in primary health care. The present study examined the use of indigenous knowledge for preventive, curative and protective...