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dc.contributor.authorWardrop, Joan
dc.contributor.editorRobert I Rotberg
dc.contributor.editorGreg Mills
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:44:13Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:44:13Z
dc.date.created2012-05-07T20:00:50Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationWardrop, Joan. 1998. Soweto, syndicates and "doing business", in Rotberg, R.I. and Mills, G. (ed), War and peace in southern Africa: Crime, drugs, armies and trade, pp. 45-63. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institute Press.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40602
dc.description.abstract

This preliminary exploration of the internal workings of organized crime in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, draws on the experience of both the police of the Soweto Flying Squad and the criminals that they observe, chase, and arrest. The chapter does not deal with random, spontaneous, or noneconomic crime (such as rape, which also is often gang-based). Rather, its ambit is limited to organized crime, and those who engage in it, namely the ou manne, the syndicate owners, and the tsotsis, the young men who "do the work”. The focus is on the day to-day realities of crime in Soweto, using the gaze of police "outside" (on the streets) "in the area" (throughout Soweto) as the starting point. As a result, the chapter inevitably reflects the bemusement of both policemen and criminals regarding the pronouncements of parliamentarians, academic researchers, and senior police (usually referred to simply as "Pretoria," where the headquarters of the South African Police Service [SAPS] is located) about organized crime and its structures.

dc.publisherBrookings Institute Press and The World Peace Foundation
dc.titleSoweto, syndicates and "doing business"
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage45
dcterms.source.endPage63
dcterms.source.titleWar and Peace in Southern Africa: Crime, Drugs, Armies and Trade
dcterms.source.isbn0815775849
dcterms.source.placeWashington D.C. and Cambridge, Mass.
dcterms.source.chapter12
curtin.departmentCentre for Research and Graduate Studies-Humanities
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