Papers by Mmabatho Aphane
International Journal of Social Science Research and Review
The increased independence on Internet has raised growing concerns that cyber security is becomin... more The increased independence on Internet has raised growing concerns that cyber security is becoming difficult to maintain. Not only do businesses depend on the internet for all types of electronic transactions, but home users increasingly also experience the immense benefit of the internet especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cyber security awareness and education are central to any attempt to secure cyber space. In the education system, youth must be made aware of the possible attacks and types of intruders. The rapid growth in the use of cyber space is not matched by the necessary skills. Therefore, there is a need for broad-based education initiatives on Internet safety and security to tackle the issues of child protection and social security in general. Cyber security and awareness become a vital issue because promoting awareness would contribute greatly towards cyber security as a whole. An interpretive research approach was adopted using a qualitative research method. The s...
Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University, 2021
The growing threat of cybercrime poses significant challenges for police organizations. Due to th... more The growing threat of cybercrime poses significant challenges for police organizations. Due to the sophisticated methods used to commit cybercrime, the implementation and investigation of cybercrime have become more demanding and time-consuming. For the police to successfully investigate and punish acts of crime, it is necessary to know and understand the operations of the perpetrators. A qualitative research approach utilizing purposive sampling was adopted to explore the capacity of policing cybercrime in the study area. The findings collected through semi-structured interviews with eight key informants comprising of South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence Unit officials suggest that there is a limited cybercrime investigative expertise within the specialized investigation units, coupled with the cyber-elements that are part of almost every traditional crime investigation today, has caused a significant increase in the workload of cybercrime investigative units. The...
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478), 2022
The South African Police Service (SAPS) Training College, Paarl is facing challenges to reward, m... more The South African Police Service (SAPS) Training College, Paarl is facing challenges to reward, motivate and ensure service delivery at the Academy. In any organisation, employees are working to provide service to both internal and external clients for this it is important to take care of employees because they are interacting with these clients. Thus, a cardinal question is how can organisations retain and motivate employees in order to offer a quality service to their clients? The aim of this study was to determine the influence between rewards, motivation and service quality at the SAPS Training College, Paarl. Semi-structured interviews with 10 managers and supervisors utilizing purposive sampling were conducted. The findings revealed that participants at the Training College, Paarl are motivated by only intrinsic as the morale is slow due to a lack of extrinsic factors with particular emphasis on pay or remuneration. Lack of recognition or perceived favouritism with the SAPS wh...
This seeks to identify the contributing factors of domestic violence against women in the rural a... more This seeks to identify the contributing factors of domestic violence against women in the rural areas of Magatle, Lebowakgomo and Zebediela policing area. A quantitative self-administrative survey was used; the primary data was collected from respondents comprised of ordinary heads of households (both men and women), community leaders (mostly men) in the area and police officers stationed within the three police stations, namely Lebowakgomo, Magatle and Zebediela. Responses obtained from 978 of 1527 questionnaires distributed to respondents, of which 721 were ordinary heads of households (both men and women) (38.2%), 168 community leaders (mostly men) (31.9%) and 89 SAPS officials (29.9%). African respondents were in majority making up of 975 (98.8%) and unknown 13 (1.2%). The findings indicated that many African women experience violence in partner relationships. Formal and informal social networks assisted these women to some extent. It would seem as if the low conviction rate cou...
Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
The growing threat of cybercrime poses significant challenges for police organizations. Due to th... more The growing threat of cybercrime poses significant challenges for police organizations. Due to the sophisticated methods used to commit cybercrime, the implementation and investigation of cybercrime have become more demanding and time-consuming. For the police to successfully investigate and punish acts of crime, it is necessary to know and understand the operations of the perpetrators. A qualitative research approach utilizing purposive sampling was adopted to explore the capacity of policing cybercrime in the study area. The findings collected through semi-structured interviews with eight key informants comprising of South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence Unit officials suggest that there is a limited cybercrime investigative expertise within the specialized investigation units, coupled with the cyber-elements that are part of almost every traditional crime investigation today, has caused a significant increase in the workload of cybercrime investigative units. The...
International Journal of Criminology and Sociology
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Papers by Mmabatho Aphane