It was almost impossible to go shopping without seeing a member of the South African Police in the shopping centre, the parking lots, on the roads in their vans, & parked on the side of the road just, "keeping an eye".
I am sure there were more policeman than lamp posts, especially in Zululand. Twilight turns into night very quickly, but if dallying & dithering led to you walking home in the dark, you could be sure that that an SAP van would drive past you every 15 minutes or so. They sometimes even pulled over to ask why you were out at night .... & if you were a girl, sometimes offered you a chocolate .... or a lift home.
Road blocks were common place. During & after one of the regular road block stops, our chatter was more around the looks & grace of the very young, very armed policemen than wondering WHY motorists were pulled over so regularly.
Caspir : Armoured Personnel Carrier - Used by the SAP (urban use)
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