Pillay, Suren2023-03-062023-03-062008Pillay, S. (2008). Crime, community and the governance of violence in post-apartheid South Africa. Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, 35 (2) , 141-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/025893408023669431470-1014https://doi.org/10.1080/02589340802366943https://hdl.handle.net/10566/8536The South African government has embarked on a programme ofencouraging social cohesion in South Africa first to address concerns stemmingfrom high levels of violent crime which characterise the society, and second, tofoster positive national identity in a complex, heterogeneous, racialised andstratified nation. Through a discussion of the impact of violent crime on emergentforms of community, this paper argues that the practices of communities evolvingin the post-apartheid period show tendencies toward fragmentation rather thanunification, undermining efforts of �nation-building�.enCrimeApartheidSouth AfricaPoliticsRaceArticle