Policing and non-nationals External police oversight, accountability and xenophobic violence in South Africa

The policing of xenophobic violence and related hate crimes, and the provision of service delivery to non-nationals by the South African Police Service (SAPS), has been broadly criticised by official inquiries
and investigations, as well as by researchers and commentators.

With support from the European Union (EU), APCOF has developed this report in order to understand how the mandates of three key SAPS accountability stakeholders – the CSPS, IPID and the SAHRC – can
be engaged to improve policing responses to xenophobic violence as well as service delivery to nonnationals.

This is the third report in a series produced through an EU-supported project to develop the capacity of the SAPS to prevent and respond to xenophobic violence and related hate crimes. The first report considered the capacity of the SAPS to prevent, detect and investigate these incidents, with the second focusing on issues of prevention and the critical role played by community policing forums (CPFs) as a key SAPS stakeholder in crime and violence prevention.