This paper provides an overview on the fundamental characteristics associated with the
behaviour of free-burning fires as it influences fire control operations, based primarily on a …

This is a book about the men and women who police contemporary South Africa. Drawing
on rich, original ethnographical data, it considers how officers make sense of their jobs and …

This paper explores the tensions between UN calls for private sector engagement in the post‐
2015 landscape and public health opposition to those 'harm industries' that are 'corporate …

In response to debates on emergent and rogue forms of urbanism that are reshaping the
African city, this article examines the night‐time leisure economy as one particular social …

Nightclubs in South Africa rely heavily on private security personnel to protect their property
and ensure the safety of patrons during busy nights. However, the use of physical force by …

In many countries, the use of police body-worn cameras (BWCs) 1 offer new access points
and oversight mechanisms to monitor police–public interactions. BWCs offer researchers …

This chapter explores how risky alcohol consumption represents a form of coping, escapism
and pleasure under situations of structural violence. In South Africa, alcohol and its multiple …

Shebeens are commonly associated with violence, risky sexual behaviour and crime.
However, the positive economic impact of shebeens on local communities is understood to a …

Some of the challenges facing the security service providers in South Africa have been met
with policy measures to try to address it. For example, the Private Security Industry …

Illegal South African drinking venues 63 their venues under the threat of state authority and
local insecurity. Secondly, we argue that because the shebeen environment is one of great …