Siyabonga Hadebe | The 'black man problem' and SA's crime trends
Academic Mary de Haas, of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, has long studied the complex relationships between violence and other social, political and economic factors in the provincial context. The Moerane Commission later confirmed that the Glebelands, townships, municipalities and taxi ranks are killing fields.
Shouldn’t it always be anticipated in a country where the black population is only a numerical majority but a minority in all spheres of human endeavour: economy, social structures, language and knowledge ownership? It would be interesting to read the faces of the Indian population after hearing from their police generals that India had an"Indian problem".
Liberal white peopl, self-styled as 'friends of the natives', aimed to assimilate Africans into European culture through education and social upliftment, advocating gradual political rights until they could lead the country. This fostered alliances with amazemtiti in institutions such as the ANC and SA Communist Party.
Besides many wars to suppress dissent, white people also manufactured grand stories or “white panics” to justify their actions. The so-called Natal’s Rape Scare of 1886 comes to mind of how public opinion was galvanised to unleash terror on black men. On 20 November 1886, the Natal Advertiser warned that “o much-smothered anger, as is currently kept under control, must find vent someday if the law does not avenge these atrocious crimes”.
This means that Mkhwanazi unintentionally prolongs the long string of unfounded panics that single out a black man as a source of discomfort for the ruling elites. Any ‘uncivilised’ individual violating municipal by-laws under the 1888 Legislative Council Law faced arrest and up to 24 hours of imprisonment before trial.
It posits that social structures are the product of human agency and the medium through which it operates. This dynamic interplay between structure and agency provides a rich framework for understanding criminal behaviour. Regarding the structuration of crime, Mkhwanazi’s focus on petty and violent crimes, such as murder, rape and theft, reflects the offenders’ socioeconomic backgrounds and skill levels.
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