An exploratory study of a law enforcement model for vehicle speed in Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

Abstract

This study explores the law enforcement model for vehicle speed in Tshwane municipality of South Africa. South Africa has comparatively high road traffic crashes and casualty rates. Most of these crashes are associated with illegal speeding. This study was designed against the background of protracted road traffic crashes the triple causative factors as well as existing traffic law enforcement systems and processes aimed at managing illegal speeding. Data were collected from a sample of 28 senior law enforcement officials from the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) traffic division, the Gauteng Traffic Police and the National Traffic Police. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis’ open and axial coding processes on Atlas.ti.8. In its findings, the study developed a model that shows that illegal speeding and consequential road crashes were caused by an interaction of multiple factors. These were poor human behavioural elements as the main factor, road-environment factors and vehicle-related factors in the presence of inadequate and uncoordinated traffic law enforcement, weak penal systems for offenders, corruption, poor driver training and low road safety education.

Preservation of internal security in Namibia: Challenges for the Namibian Police Force

“…Given that the constitution is the supreme law of the land, the narrative presented here entails that the police are the direct sole security entity responsible for preserving Namibia's internal security. To this end, any other security stakeholder's involvement in internal security without appropriate coordination calls for scrutiny and provides enough room for the public domain to flex its opinions (Taumang, Bello & Olutola, 2022). Therefore, the purpose of the paper was to develop a new framework by analysing whether preserving internal security should be the primary responsibility of only the Namibian Police Force or whether the involvement of other stakeholders is not needed.…”