ABSTRACT
Although the paramilitaristic approach dominated the police for many years, other developments came to the fore a£er the disbanding of political parties in South Africa. According to Burger (2007, 70), the National Peace Accord and the Ready to Govern documents of the African National Congress (ANC), which is now the ruling party in South Africa, opted for communityoriented policing. Chapter 3 of the National Peace Accord contained important principles aimed at a serious adjustment of the police approach and the following abstract is a testimony to that e€ect:
e preceding discussion e€ectively means that the police approach a£er the ‹rst democratic elections in South Africa in 1994 was largely in¢uenced by the principles of community policing. According to Burger (2007, 97), although the development and implementation of community policing was certainly not limited to the period 1994-1996, this was the time during which policing in general was dominated by the principles and terminology of community policing. In support of that, the SAP came to be known as the South African Police Service (SAPS), with civil ranks such as superintendent, inspector, director, and others.
