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A recent survey has revealed that nearly three quarters of young South Africans have lost confidence in the police.
The survey, conducted by Pondering Panda, also found that young people feel police are not doing their jobs properly, and they see police performance as getting worse instead of improving.
Pondering Panda spokesperson, Shirley Wakefield, says three quarters for the more than 3 200 respondents, thought police corruption was increasing.
The survey was conducted in March via cellphone interviews with a demographically representative sample.
Wakefield said that one possible consequence of these perceptions was a rise in vigilante justice, where communities
meted out punishment themselves to suspected criminals.
