1. Disaster-Appropriate Policing in South Africa: Protests and State Violence in the COVID-19 Era
- Author:
- Steven Rebello, Jesse Copelyn, Sinqobile Makhathini, and Boikanyo Moloto
- Publication Date:
- 08-2021
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
- Abstract:
- Militarisation refers to a process where societies (states, institutions, and citizens) prioritise, organise, prepare for and respond to threats or crises with military action or violence. This policy brief highlights how many countries across the world, including South Africa, adopted a militarised response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In South Africa, this militarised response has been noted by the deployment of the SANDF to assist with the enforcement of COVID-19 regulations as well as through the noticeable increase in the use of excessive force in response to protests.
- Topic:
- Disaster Relief, Protests, Violence, Public Health, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Africa and South Africa