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Tallinn: Eureka: Social and Humanities, 2021
Published in:EUREKA: Social and Humanities ; (2021), 3, Seite 72-84
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1 Online-Ressource (13 Seiten)
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English
DOI:
10.21303/2504-5571.2021.001861
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Unarguably, the South African Police during the apartheid era was characterised by brutality and state repression, including the political executions of several South African citizens who dared oppose the apartheid regime. The post-apartheid era has also witnessed deaths of citizens at the hands of the police during demonstrations, demanding better service delivery, higher wages, improved working conditions, and an end to marginalisation and poverty. The author presents some cases of police human rights violations concerning policing citizen's protests. This is a qualitative study, relying on extensive literature review by previous researchers. The findings of this study are: The South Africa Police Service continues to violate citizen's right to protest, which is enshrined in the Republic of South Africa's constitution under chapter 2 "Bill of Rights" and other international legal jurisprudence. The South African police have failed to perform their duties professionally and effect