The Institute for security studies (ISS) says there is a general sense of lawlessness in South Africa.
The institute has attributed what it calls a dwindling respect for the Constitution and laws to poor leadership and a ANC government, which is unaccountable.
The ISS says there is a link between lawlessness in the country and leaders who do everything in their power to avoid criminal charges.
The institute Johan Burger says this behavior from leadership level has trickled to all residents, with some even attacking law enforcement officials.
“The police being attacked at their police stations, at their satellite offices and now the most recent example, where police were forced at gunpoint into the back of the van and stripped off their firearms.”
‘CRIMES AGAINST THE PROMINENT’
At the same time, the ISS says it’s alarming that society only notices the gravity of crime when it affects prominent people and says this happens to ordinary South Africans on a daily basis.
The institute says South Africa is moving in the wrong direction in terms of how to address crime.
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