Ngemuva kokuthola umkhiqizo wokupakisha owudinga ku Ukupakisha ngokwezifiso ingxenye, chofoza nje i- Design inkinobho. Ngemuva kwalokho, ikhasi lizongena ekhasini lokuklama njengoba isithombe esilandelayo sibonisa. Negesi ukushaqeka wezinciphisi zimi kahle zilungele ekhishini ifenisha. Ukufaka entwasahlobo igesi ifenisha - enkulu kulabo izimpi futhi iminyango eminingi evame wavula futhi ivaliwe. Ilungiselelo elinjalo kuqinisekisa ukusebenza abushelelezi umnyango futhi ngokulingana okuphephile. this research was directed towards investigating if the metropolitan police mandate, as it is collectively perceived by senior metropolitan police officials in gauteng, is constructive and aligned to the notion of a democratic south africa. qualitative data was collected from all metropolitan police departments in gauteng through an extensive series of semi structured interviews. by adopting a phenomenographic research approach, collected data was transcribed, analysed and hierarchically arranged into a variety of qualitatively different but intrinsically related categories of description. from these categories of description, multiple collective understandings relating to democracy in south africa, democratic policing and the metropolitan police role emerged. further analysis revealed that the senior metropolitan police managers collectively fosters a significantly limited understanding of democracy, predominantly based on rudimentary and general democratic principles and values. the collective understanding participants held in relation to democratic policing was also significantly rudimentary and limited, as it principally revolved around the notion of police accountability. again, the absence of an explicit relationship between participants and south africa’s democracy was notable. sequentially, it emerged that participants predominantly do not understand or perceive the metropolitan police department or its mandate as is appropriate within the framework of south africa’s constitutional democracy. the democratic features of a preventative and proactive focus, objective professionalism and individual and situational responsiveness are thus remarkably absent from these departments. subsequently, the metropolitan police mandate, as it is collectively perceived by senior metropolitan police officials in the gauteng province, is neither appropriate nor constructive to a democratic south africa.