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Educators experiences on the prevalence of drugs and intervention programs within schools in the Phoenix area.
(2017)The issue of drugs is extremely sensitive and prevalent regarding children abusing these substances. Drug use is a phenomenon that is across South Africa, polluting our schools and killing our future generations. There are ... -
The effects of community violence on learners in a rural context.
(2012)Much has been learned over the past decade about the way children respond to experiences of violence in their community. The goal of this study is to examine the effects of violence on the academic performance of learners, ... -
Effects of school violence on educators : a case study of Fairvale Secondary School, Wentworth Durban.
(2016)Over the past years scholarly authors have focused on how school violence affects learners and their capability to perform well at school. However, studies have ignored the reality that educators are affected by school ... -
An evaluation of independent investigative mechanisms in the South African Police Services to control corruption: a criminological perspective.
(2018)Police corruption is a complex worldwide phenomenon, both in developing and developed countries. The questions arise as to where members of society turn to when it is those that have oathed to serve and protect tend to be ... -
An examination of non-profit organisation response to human trafficking : the case study of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province.
(2018)It is difficult to deny that human trafficking has received an increased international attention over the years, South African is no exception, the citizens of this country are daily affected and experiencing daily occurrences ... -
An examination of the implementation of Khulisa Social Solutions' juvenile diversion programmes in KwaZulu-Natal.
The practice of diversion has grown and spread throughout South Africa. The Child Justice Act (75 of 2008) contributed considerably to the formal practice of diversion and has helped diversion service providers to better ... -
An exploration of child offenders in the rural area of Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal province.
(2018)The problem of child and youth offenders is a worldwide problem generally. Thus, the rural area of Ixopo in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is no exception to this problem. The statistics of child offenders in the area of this study ... -
An exploration of communal responses to burglary at residential premises in the Cato Crest informal settlement of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province.
(2019)Violence and crime in countries such as South Africa are shaped by deep socio-economic inequalities; however, the spatial designs of urban areas and housing also play a role, but often in differing ways. There is little ... -
An exploration of factors contributing to the illegal hunting of antelope in Maloti-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)The illegal hunting of wildlife animals has a severe negative impact on a country’s economy, wildlife population, and the environment. The extinction of a species can have a negative economic effect on a country’s tourism ... -
An exploration of physical violence at a secondary school in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)Over the past years scholarly authors have focused on school violence in general with its specific focus to the contributing factors. However, studies have ignored to look physical violence as a specific phenomenon with ... -
An exploration of police killings in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)This research aimed to explore police killings in selected areas (Kwamakhutha, Amanzimtoti, Durban central and Point police station) in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The motivation for the study was to ... -
An exploration of school violence in Inanda Township: a case study of Mqhawe High School.
(2018)School violence is by no means a new phenomenon in South Africa, nor is it limited to KwaZulu-Natal, as it is prevalent throughout the country (Ntuli 2015). A noteworthy requirement for learning and developing is to feel ... -
An exploration of the association between the whoonga/nyaope drug and criminality through the eyes of convicted drug offenders in three metropolitan cities of the Republic of South Africa.
(2019)Illicit drug use has become a matter of worldwide concern. In South Africa, statistics have revealed that a third of the population admitted to using drugs during the year 2017, and about 20% of incarcerated prisoners ... -
The exploration of the reporting and evaluation of child rape cases by social workers in Usizo Centre.
(2018)When South Africa saw the dawn of democracy in 1994, the newly elected government faced the challenge of making the country inclusive for all, including children. The government thus had the task of ensuring the protection ... -
An exploratory case study analysis of a restorative justice intervention project that mediated domestic violence cases in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)Domestic violence has been an ongoing phenomenon in South Africa. This form of violence has been exacerbated by the culture of violence that has existed in traditional gendered societies and that was exacerbated by the ... -
An exploratory study of women’s perceptions of safety as Automated Teller Machine (ATM) users: a select sample in eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)
(2018)Women as active and equal citizens of South Africa enjoy equal access to South African banking facilities. Banks mobilise, allocate and invest much of the savings of a society and therefore, their ability to provide a safe ... -
An exploratory study on electricity theft in Staram informal settlement in Tongaat in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province.
(2019)This study focussed on electricity theft in Staram, an informal settlement in Tongaat, Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal. Staram was chosen as the study site as the Tongaat area has been identified as a ‘hot spot’ for electricity ... -
An exploratory study on public perceptions towards crime: a case study of Tongaat community in the KwaZulu-Natal province.
(2019)On daily basis, crime has reportedly been an ever-rising issue not only in KZN but also all around the world. With the ever-changing laws and societies, crime has also been a changing phenomenon especially during the ... -
An exploratory study on responses of South African Police Service and non-governmental organisations to human trafficking in Durban policing area.
(2018)Human trafficking is not a recent phenomenon, as it is believed that acts of human abduction for various reasons can be traced back to time immemorial. The manifestation of this crime is escalating, with elusive trends and ... -
An exploratory study on subtance abuse among homeless people: a case study of Durban city centre.
(2019)Homelessness has been an age-long and global challenge from years back; and up till now, it still exists across the human societies. Homelessness is, most of the time, linked with substance abuse, although this is not ...