This article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'mu... more This article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'muti'-related offences and makes recommendations with respect to overcoming those challenges. These offences are those stemming from the removal of human organs and tissue for the purpose of traditional medicine; including murder, assault as well as the mutilation of corpses. This article examines how these offences are perpetrated and considers the role of the buyer, the traditional healer, as well as the offender or offenders. The purpose of the muti and how the human tissue is utilised are also discussed. The article examines the role of the police in investigating these offences and considers the challenges they face. These include the fact that muti-related offences are not regarded as a specific crime in South Africa; the role of tradition in the commission of these offences; and how the beliefs of police officials influence the investigation of these crimes. The difficulties in ...
This special edition considers aspects of human trafficking, human smuggling and migration in the... more This special edition considers aspects of human trafficking, human smuggling and migration in the Southern African region. Focus is placed on the interpretation of human trafficking and the extensive focus on the issue above the more prominent illegal migration flows and human smuggling. This volume focuses on the undocumented and how they negotiate their daily lives.
Technologization of discourse is generally conceptualized as a process of influencing people’s wa... more Technologization of discourse is generally conceptualized as a process of influencing people’s way of thinking through the use of certain linguistic strategies. In this process, power is exercised through the use of linguistic strategies that shape the construction of identity as well as socio-religious vision. This study analyzes the ways in which certain linguistic strategies and religious discourses used in Facebook posts, reviews and comments on a religion-based Facebook page create and shape the narratives of religious authority, religious identity and religious community. Using the Facebook page of a popular prophetic Christian church in Botswana, Gospel of God’s Grace (3G Ministries), as a case study, this study examines the following questions: in what ways can an active religion-based Facebook page reconfigure and provide a platform for religious practice? To what extent does the use of various linguistic strategies inform and shape religious discourses found in various Facebook postings and comments? And how does a religious Facebook page provide a venue for the discursive interpretation of religious authority, the negotiation of religious identity and the development of socio-religious vision?
his article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'muti'-r... more his article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'muti'-related offences and makes recommendations with respect to overcoming those challenges. These offences are those stemming from the removal of human organs and tissue for the purpose of traditional medicine; including murder, assault as well as the mutilation of corpses. This article examines how these offences are perpetrated and considers the role of the buyer, the traditional healer, as well as the offender or offenders. The purpose of the muti and how the human tissue is utilised are also discussed. The article examines the role of the police in investigating these offences and considers the challenges they face. These include the fact that muti-related offences are not regarded as a specific crime in South Africa; the role of tradition in the commission of these offences; and how the beliefs of police officials influence the investigation of these crimes. The difficulties in detecting a muti crime and the challenges faced in identifying all the role-players - and not just the offender - are discussed. Problems associated with grave robbery and mortuary theft for the purposes of obtaining human tissue are also addressed. The study sets out to review, analyse and interpret the existing literature on muti crimes specifically in terms of the peculiar challenges presented by these crimes with respect to effective investigation and prevention. The article seeks to provide a profile of muti-related crimes and to identify some of the specific challenges faced by law enforcement in terms of investigating and preventing these crimes, in order to make recommendations on how some of these challenges may be overcome.
This article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'mu... more This article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'muti'-related offences and makes recommendations with respect to overcoming those challenges. These offences are those stemming from the removal of human organs and tissue for the purpose of traditional medicine; including murder, assault as well as the mutilation of corpses. This article examines how these offences are perpetrated and considers the role of the buyer, the traditional healer, as well as the offender or offenders. The purpose of the muti and how the human tissue is utilised are also discussed. The article examines the role of the police in investigating these offences and considers the challenges they face. These include the fact that muti-related offences are not regarded as a specific crime in South Africa; the role of tradition in the commission of these offences; and how the beliefs of police officials influence the investigation of these crimes. The difficulties in ...
This special edition considers aspects of human trafficking, human smuggling and migration in the... more This special edition considers aspects of human trafficking, human smuggling and migration in the Southern African region. Focus is placed on the interpretation of human trafficking and the extensive focus on the issue above the more prominent illegal migration flows and human smuggling. This volume focuses on the undocumented and how they negotiate their daily lives.
Technologization of discourse is generally conceptualized as a process of influencing people’s wa... more Technologization of discourse is generally conceptualized as a process of influencing people’s way of thinking through the use of certain linguistic strategies. In this process, power is exercised through the use of linguistic strategies that shape the construction of identity as well as socio-religious vision. This study analyzes the ways in which certain linguistic strategies and religious discourses used in Facebook posts, reviews and comments on a religion-based Facebook page create and shape the narratives of religious authority, religious identity and religious community. Using the Facebook page of a popular prophetic Christian church in Botswana, Gospel of God’s Grace (3G Ministries), as a case study, this study examines the following questions: in what ways can an active religion-based Facebook page reconfigure and provide a platform for religious practice? To what extent does the use of various linguistic strategies inform and shape religious discourses found in various Facebook postings and comments? And how does a religious Facebook page provide a venue for the discursive interpretation of religious authority, the negotiation of religious identity and the development of socio-religious vision?
his article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'muti'-r... more his article highlights the challenges facing law enforcement officers when investigating 'muti'-related offences and makes recommendations with respect to overcoming those challenges. These offences are those stemming from the removal of human organs and tissue for the purpose of traditional medicine; including murder, assault as well as the mutilation of corpses. This article examines how these offences are perpetrated and considers the role of the buyer, the traditional healer, as well as the offender or offenders. The purpose of the muti and how the human tissue is utilised are also discussed. The article examines the role of the police in investigating these offences and considers the challenges they face. These include the fact that muti-related offences are not regarded as a specific crime in South Africa; the role of tradition in the commission of these offences; and how the beliefs of police officials influence the investigation of these crimes. The difficulties in detecting a muti crime and the challenges faced in identifying all the role-players - and not just the offender - are discussed. Problems associated with grave robbery and mortuary theft for the purposes of obtaining human tissue are also addressed. The study sets out to review, analyse and interpret the existing literature on muti crimes specifically in terms of the peculiar challenges presented by these crimes with respect to effective investigation and prevention. The article seeks to provide a profile of muti-related crimes and to identify some of the specific challenges faced by law enforcement in terms of investigating and preventing these crimes, in order to make recommendations on how some of these challenges may be overcome.
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