Trust in state institutions to protect citizens is a prerequisite for sharing social spaces. This trust is corrupted in South Africa, where there are persistent anxieties that crime and violence are out of control, writes Postdoctoral Research Fellow Leah Davina Junck (UCT). Despite considerable public spending on the police and security sector, the country has an enormous private security economy, as well as volunteer-based organisations … Continue reading How a neighbourhood watch WhatsApp group shaped fears in a Cape Town suburb