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Nelson Alusala joined the ISS in June 2003 as Senior Researcher on East and Central Africa, in the Arms Management Programme. Prior to this he was based in the Office of the President, Kenya, where he was an analyst on issues relating to arms proliferation, stockpiling and disarmament in East and Central Africa. Nelson is a career diplomat and bilingual secretary/tutor (English/French), having attained a MA degree in International Relations (University of Nairobi) and a BA in French and Secretarial (Kenyatta University). He has authored, as well as contributed to various publications, such as Echoes Across the Valley; Managing Dry land Resources: a Manual for Eastern and Southern Africa; French Grammar Manual for Teachers of French in Kenya; The Role of the OAU/AU in Conflict Management: The Case of the Comoros (1996-1999), among others.
alusala@iss.org.za
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Mandy Badenhorst started at the ISS in June 1995 as receptionist. She also worked as Programme Assistant to the Crime and Policing Programme and then as Office Manager. In December 2000 she became consultant to the ISS maintaining its web site and in November 2003 took the half-day position as Accounts Assistant. She also continues to assist with the web site.
mandy@iss.org.za
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Henri
Boshoff was born in Pretoria on 12 April 1957. He attended school
in Pretoria after witch he completed a four year diploma in education
at the University of Pretoria in 1997. After military service he
taught in
Pretoria until 1986. In 1986 he joined the SANDF and was involved
with the operational planning of internal and external operations.
His area of expertise is terrorism, peacekeeping, support to the
police and African politics. He also obtained an Honors Degree in
African Politics in 1995 and is
currently completing a Masters Degree in African Politics. He left
the SANDF at the end of 2001 to join the ISS as a Military Analyst
for the Africa Security Analysis
Programme. He is married to Leonie with one son Jean.
bossie@iss.org.za
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Anneli Botha joined the ISS office in Cape Town in March 2003 as a senior researcher. Academic qualifications include a BA (Political Science) degree at the University of Pretoria (1991), followed by a BA (Hon) degree in International Politics also from the University of Pretoria (1992). With a keen interest on Islamic extremism and international terrorism she completed a MA degree in Political Studies at the Rand Afrikaans University. Title of the thesis: “People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD): Structures, activities and initial government reactions”. Currently studies - D.litt et Phil titled: “Religious Justification of Conflict: A Study of Jihad in Islam”. Her field of interest and expertise is transnational terrorism as a global phenomenon.
anneli@issct.co.za
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Jakkie
Cilliers has B Mil (BA), Hons BA, MA (cum laude) and D
Litt et Phil degrees from the Universities of Stellenbosch and South
Africa. He co-founded the Institute for Defence Policy during 1990
which subsequently became the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
Since 1993 Dr Cilliers has served as executive director of ISS. Awards
and decorations include the Bronze Medal from the South African Society
for the Advancement of Science and the H Bradlow Research Bursary.
Dr Cilliers has presented numerous papers at conferences and seminars
and is a regular commentator on local and international radio and
television. He regularly lectures on security issues and has published,
edited and contributed to a large number of journals, books and other
publications, serving on a number of boards and committees.
jkc@iss.org.za
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Jenny
Clover. After completing her degree in African Politics in 1982
she joined the Africa Institute as a researcher in the African
Security Analysis Programme. Shortly after relocating with her
family to Cape Town in 1990, she took up an appointment as a Programme
Manager with the Independent Development Trust (IDT). Initially in
the Rural Development portfolio, she later joined the Urban Development
Unit. On leaving the IDT in early 1998 she joined the Working for
Water Programme. Based in Cape Town, she again travelled extensively
throughout South Africa. Being party to forging a partnership between
the Deptartment of Water Affairs and the Department. of Land Affairs
in the North West, led to her relocating to North West province in
mid-1999 from where she took up consulting in the development field.
jenny@iss.org.za
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Ben Coetzee joined the ISS in May 2003 as Senior Coordinator and Researcher in the Arms Management Programme. Ben was an operational analyst for the SAPS for 13 years. He specialized in strategic operational profiling and intelligence operations management. Ben is a specialist in special weapons and tactics; counter insurgency; bomb disposal and explosives; chemical and biological threat management; clandestine reconnaissance tactical management, close quarter combat and tactical hostage rescue. His major research interests are qualitative management of small arms and light weapons.
ben@iss.org.za
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Richard
John Cornwell was
born in London in 1948. He read History at the University of Bristol
where he received a First Class Honours degree in 1969. He was then
awarded a scholarship to the School of Oriental and African Studies
at the University of London, where he began work on the history of
the South African Republic 1881-90. A Leverhulme scholarship allowed
him to travel to South Africa where he undertook archival research
for two years. He emigrated to South Africa in 1974, working for
the next five years as a military historian, concentrating on the
two world wars. In 1979 he moved to the Africa Institute in
Pretoria, where he worked as a researcher and was cofounder and editor
of the Journal of Contemporary
African Studies. In 1982 he accepted the post of Lecturer in Development
Administration and African Politics at the University of South Africa. In
1987 he returned to the Africa Institute as Head of the Current Affairs
Section and editor of Africa Insight, a position he occupied until moving
in September 1997 to the Institute for Security Studies as Head of the Africa
Security Analysis Programme. He has published widely on contemporary African politics and is extensively
consulted by the media, business and government departments on this subject.
rjc@iss.org.za
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Charmelle Davids joined the ISS in April 2003 as Accountant. Charmelle holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from the University of Port Elizabeth. She previously worked as a Financial Accountant for an international manufacturing company in the automotive industry, Corning Products, before joining Scala as a Consultant in November 2002.
charmelle@iss.org.za
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Dorette de Jager
Programme Assistant
Defence Sector Programme
dorette@iss.org.za
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Anton du Plessis is the head of the Crime and Justice Programme at the ISS. He is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, and has been working in the criminal justice arena for the past seven years. He has worked as a public prosecutor and an advocate. Prior to joining the ISS in July 2003, he was a senior state advocate in the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa, where he was head of the sexual offences section in the office of the national director of public prosecutions. He holds a B-Iuris and LL.B degree, as well as an LL.M in criminal law from the University of South Africa.
anton@iss.org.za
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Nico Fourie joined the ISS in March 2003. As E-Site Coordinator, he is responsible for the web development and IT functions of the Institiute. Nico worked as a diplomat in the South African Department of Foreign Affairs for ten years and became the first Internet webmaster of the department when its web site was launched in May 2001. Before that he worked on the African multilateral political desk with special focus on African regional organisations, in which capacity he was responsible for developing a pilot project Intranet database on the OAU and African regional economic communities. He was responsible for the content development and structuring of the official web site for South Africa’s hosting of the African Union Summit in 2002. Nico holds a combined BA (Hons) degree in Political Science and International Politics from the University of Pretoria, a certificate in Business Management from the University of South Africa, as well as a web development diploma and various software and programming certificates.
nico@iss.org.za
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Jean Marie Gasana joined the ISS in August 2003 as Senior Researcher in the African Security Analysis Programmme.
jmgasana@iss.org.za
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Peter
Gastrow, (B.Com, LL.B), practised as an advocate before being
elected to Parliament. There he focused on policing, justice and
defence issues. In 1993, while serving as a member of the National
Peace Secretariat and the Police Board, he was awarded a Fellowship
by the United States Institute for Peace. Prior to the 1994 election,
he chaired the Sub-Council on Law, Order and Security of the Transitional
Executive Council. He joined the ISS in November 1997 as head of
its Cape Town Office after spending
three years as the special adviser of South Africa's Minister for
Safety and Security.
gastrow@issct.co.za
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Pilisa Gaushe joined
the ISS Cape Town in August 2001 as
Office Administrator / Resource Centre Manager. She holds a
BA degree in Public Administration and Industrial Psychology
and a BA Honours degree in Library and Information Science from the
University of Transkei.
She
previously worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Transkei,
Computer Instructor at Elchees Software Solutions in Umtata and as a
Secretary
to the TELP Manager at the University of Transkei.
pilisa@issct.co.za
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Busiswa Gaya joined the ISS in September 2003 as programme assistant for the Training for Peace Programme.
busiswa@iss.org.za
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Charles
Goredema joined the Cape Town office of the ISS in August 2000
as a Senior Researcher in the Organised
Crime and Corruption Programme. He is engaged in a comparative
study of responses by SADC countries to the threat of organised crime.
Charles holds a BL (Hons) and LLB from the University of Zimbabwe,
and an LLM from the University of London. He is registered for a
DPhil with the University of Zimbabwe in the sphere of Public Interest
Law. He has delivered many papers and published articles on criminal
justice and public interest law, while lecturing at the universities
of Cape Town, Western Cape and Zimbabwe.
charles@issct.co.za
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Roy Greybe joined the ISS in October 2003 as IT Administrator.
roy@iss.org.za
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Tonette Grütter joined the ISS in August 2002 as Human Resources Officer. Her tertiary qualifications include a BA (Hons) degree in Psychology from the University of Pretoria and a diploma in Labour Law from the Graduate Institute for Management Technology. She will complete the Development Programme in Labour Relations, a post-graduate diploma, through the University of South Africa at the end of 2003. Prior to joining the Institute Tonette worked as an independent HR consultant in association with a Labour Law Consultancy and was the Human Resources Manager for Rovos Rail Tours for four years. She also worked as a Human Resources Specialist for the Hotel de France in Jersey, UK, for six months in 2002.
tonette@iss.org.za
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Charlene Harry-Chukwu
Programme Assistant
African Security Analysis Programme
charlene@iss.org.za
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Annette Hübschle joined the ISS Cape Town office as researcher on terrorism in November 2002. Upon completion of her schooling in Namibia, Annette enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1995. She holds degrees in International and Comparative Political Studies, International Political Economy and History. Annette worked as a project co-ordinator at UCT’s Graduate School of Humanities, before joining the news team of a South African television station for two years. Her research interests include definitional problems of terrorism, country risk analyses and the debate on security versus human rights.
annette@issct.co.za
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Jemima Njeri Kariri
Civil Society
Liaison Officer
jemima@iss.org.za
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Vanessa Kent joined the ISS as senior researcher and training
coordinator for the Training
for Peace Programme in January 2003. Vanessa joined
the ISS after working for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs
where
she
was
responsible
for the peacekeeping file, and before that coordinated the work of the
G8 Political Director. Prior to joining Foreign Affairs, she worked as
international project and development coordinator for the Palestinian
Legislative Council in the West Bank (Palestinian territories) and political
research officer for the League of Arab States (London Mission). She
holds an MA in War Studies from King's College, London (UK).
vanessa@iss.org.za
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Roger Kibasomba
Programme Head, SADC Programme
roger@iss.org.za
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Ana Leão joined
the ISS in January 2004 as Senior Researcher for the SADC Programme.
Prior to this she undertook research in Mozambique on small arms and
light weapons for the Arms Management
Programme and on the social reintegration
of former child soldiers for the Interact
Project. She has over ten
years of experience in the development sector and worked in Mozambique
and East Timor before joining the ISS. Ana has a background in Social
Anthropology and is finishing her Masters in African Studies with SOAS,
University of London.
ana@iss.org.za
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Ted Leggett joined
the ISS in 2001 as a senior researcher in the Crime
and Justice Programme.
His current work focuses on crime and policing, including police station-level
analysis
of crime problems and police response. His professional background
includes police work, prosecution, and social work. He holds the degrees
of Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law and Master of
Social Science in Development Studies from the University of Natal,
Durban.
ted@iss.org.za
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Len Le Roux served in the South African Department of Defence
(DOD) from 1964 to 2000. He obtained his B-Mil degree from the Military
Academy in 1968 and completed the Joint Staff Course in 1992. During
the period 1995 to 2000 he was involved in the development of the South
African White Paper on Defence, the Defence Review and the DOD Transformation
Project. After leaving the DOD (with the rank of Major General) in 2000,
he remained active in the security debate in Africa through support to
the programmes of various NGOs and universities. He specialises in the
fields of defence transformation, civil-military relations, defence management
and budgeting. He joined the ISS, as head of the Defence
Sector Programme on 3 February 2003.
len@iss.org.za
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Antoinette Louw served as head of the Crime and Justice Programme until July 2003 and currently serves in a research and publications support capacity for the programme. She has been researching crime, violence and criminal justice in South Africa since 1991 when she joined the Centre for Social and Development Studies at the University of Natal. Since 1997 when she joined the ISS, her work in the policy research field has covered victimisation surveys, crime prevention policy and practice, policing and public perceptions of justice and safety. Antoinette has an MA in political studies from the University of Natal.
ant@iss.org.za
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Maria Maluleke, receptionist at the ISS Pretoria office, joined the Institute in August 2002. Maria holds a National Diploma In Human Resources Management and is currently studying B Com HR. Maria previously worked at Soshanguve Technical College, Telkom Offices in Soshanguve (temporary secretary) and as SITA asset capturer (business connections contract worker). She was awarded a scholarship to study MS office, web designing and Java programming and performed duties in graduate academy administrative support, front desk and part time lecturing of MS Office. Her most recent position before joining the ISS was as Assistant Planner (Admin support) in the Department of Land Affairs.
maria@iss.org.za
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Chris
Maroleng joined the ISS in January 2002 and is currently a
Researcher for the Africa Security
Analysis Programme. Chris was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 14
March 1976, while his parents
were
still
in exile
from South
Africa.
In
1999
he completed
his undergraduate degree in Political Studies at the University of
Cape Town. At the beginning of the year 2000 Chris began his honours
degree in Comparative and International Politics. During the same
period he was employed as a Tutor in the Department of Political
Studies at the UCT. In 2001 he started his MA in International Relations
at the University of Cape Town.
chris@iss.org.za
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Mpho Mashaba joined the ISS Cape Town’s Organised Crime and Corruption Programme in March 2003 as a researcher, also working as a point person on NEPAD with respect to the Cape Town Office’s programme areas. Before joining the ISS, he worked at the Centre for Africa’s International Relations (CAIR) based at WITS University campus. Mpho has tutored in various subjects on International Relations and wrote an International Master’s thesis on State Responses to Drug Trafficking in Southern Africa. He has a keen interest in linking organised crime issues with developmental economics.
mpho@issct.co.za
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Noria Mashumba
Senior Researcher: SADC Programme
noria@iss.org.za
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Sibusiso
Masuku joined
the ISS on 3 April 2000 and currently works as a senior researcher
for the Crime and Justice Programme.
Prior to joining the ISS he was working as a Research Psychology
intern at UNISA's Institute for Social and Health Sciences and Centre
for Peace Action (CPA). At CPA he worked on the Safe School project
and occupational health of police. Before that he worked at the University
of the Witwatersrand, psychology department as full-time tutor. He
has also worked as a researcher and an assistant researcher in various
NGO projects. He holds a Masters in Psychology from the University
of the Witwatersrand and his training focused extensively on community
and research psychology.
sibusiso@iss.org.za
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Angela
McIntyre joined the ISS in April 2001 as coordinator and researcher
for InterAct, a project on children
in armed conflict in Africa. She spent six years in Mozambique working
with a number of national and international non-governmental organisations
and United Nations Agencies (Electoral Division, United Nations Development
Programme) as well as the Canadian International Development Agency.
Her work has covered a variety of issues, including landmines, rural
development, refugees and demobilization. Her most recent position
was with the International Development Research Centre's Mine Action
Programme, based in Johannesburg with projects in Mozambique and
Angola. Her academic background is in Anthropology (BA) and Environmental
Management (MSc).
angela@iss.org.za
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Sarah Meek is the head of the Arms
Management Programme at the ISS in Pretoria. She returned to the
ISS in January 2002 after a break of three years. She was previously
with the ISS as senior researcher on the arms programme from 1996-1999.
In between, she was manager of the security and peacebuilding programme
at International Alert in London, a conflict prevention organisation.
She has also worked at the United Nations in New York and the Monterey
Institute for International Studies in California. She holds an MA
in International Policy Studies.
smeek@iss.org.za
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Duxita Mistry joined the ISS as a senior researcher in the Crime and Justice Programme in July 2003. Her research career began at the HSRC where after she worked at the CSVR. In 1998 she was employed as a senior researcher by the Institute for Human Rights and Criminal Justice Studies at Technikon SA. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Political Studies Africa) from the University of Cape Town in 1986 and a Master of Arts in Socio-Legal Studies from Brunel: The University of West London (1991). Her research has focussed broadly on the criminal justice system including issues such as restorative justice, minimum sentencing, farm attacks, firearms and the use of force / violence by police.
duxita@iss.org.za
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Nobuntu Mtwa joined the ISS Cape Town office as Administrative Assistant in November 2002. Nobuntu holds a BA Honours degree in developmental studies from the University of the Western Cape and is currently enrolled for a Masters degree in public administration. Before assuming her current position, she worked as an intern for the ISS Cape Town Resource Centre, as a graduate assistant with the University of Cape Town and as a Postgraduate Residence Co-ordinator with the Post-graduate Enrolment and Throughout (PET) project.
nobuntu@issct.co.za
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Grace Mulinge joined the ISS in September 2003 as Personal Assistant to the Executive Director, Dr Jakkie Cilliers.
grace@iss.org.za
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Keith
Muloongo has
two BBA degrees in Management and Accounting from Andrews University
(USA) and an MBA in General Management and Business Finance from
Brunel University (UK). He has more than 12 years of senior financial,
human resource and project management experience in the private sector
and international non-governmental organisations. He has provided
a wide range of consultancy and training services to governments,
NGOs and the private sector in his career. He is an internationally
certified skills trainer and is also currently on the UK's Henley
Management College's list of Southern African overseas tutors. He
joined the ISS in December 1999 as the Finance & HR Manager responsible
for all financial and human resource planning and management. Keith
is also the Programme Coordinator for the Institute's European Union
Funded project. In July 2000 he was appointed Deputy Director at
the Institute.
keith@iss.org.za
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Naison Ngoma, a Zambian national, is a retired Zambia Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel and served for 24 years in a number of staff and command
positions. A holder of an undergraduate degree in economics, a Masters’ degree
in Public Administration with a focus on regional security (thesis on
the ISDSC) and a Ph.D. candidate in regional security (thesis on the
Evolvement of a Security Community in the Southern African region), Naison
has taught international relations, research methodology and security
related subjects in the Ministry of Defence as well as at the University
of the Western Cape in the School of Government and the Department of
Political Science. His major research interests are political and military
integration, civil-military relations and defence economics.
naison@iss.org.za
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Agar
Ngwenya
Programme Assistant
Arms
Management Programme
agar@iss.org.za
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Bilkis Omar
Programme Assistant
Crime and Justice Programme
bilkis@iss.org.za
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Eric Pelser joined the ISS as Senior Researcher for the Crime and Justice Programme in October 1999. Before joining the Institute, Eric worked in the Department of Safety and Security. Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of South Africa and, in 1997, graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a Master’s Degree in Public and Development Management. Eric is now based in Lilongwe where he works as an ISS adviser to the Crime and Justice Statistics Division of the Malawi National Statistics Office.
eric@iss.org.za
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Robyn Pharoah joined the Crime
and Justice Programme in September 2002. Prior to arriving at ISS,
Robyn worked as a senior researcher for Development Research Africa
(DRA), a private research company involved in developmental research
for a range of private, governmental, NGO and internationalclients.
Her focus was on the health sector, specifically issues aroundHIV/AIDS.
Before that she was employed as an assistant researcher at the School
of Development Studies at the University of Natal Durban, again involved
in research relating to the epidemic.
robyn@iss.org.za
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João Gomes Porto is Head of the Africa
Security Analysis Programme. He joined the Institute for Security
Studies as a senior researcher in March 2002. João holds a PhD
degree in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent
at Canterbury. Prior to joining the ISS, he was a sessional lecturer
in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the University of Reading Graduate
School of European and International Studies as well as a teaching
assistant at the University of Kent at Canterbury, Department of Politics
and International Relations. He was a conflict assessment advisor on
a UNDP Mission to Guatemala in December 2001, and worked as a research
associate for the Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development
(ACORD) in 1999-2000.
jporto@iss.org.za
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Wilna Pretorius worked as an accountant at the ISS before her appointment as Head of Accounting in September 2003.
wilna@iss.org.za
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Khulani Qoma joined ISS in June 2003 as a Communications Officer for the Arms Management Programme (AMP). He obtained some journalistic as well as communications experience from the following organisations: Zululand Observer, Rhodes University's Marketing and Communications Division, Mazwai Strategic Communication as well as Giving and Sharing Programme. Khulani holds a BA Communication Science Degree from the University of Zululand and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University.
khulani@iss.org.za
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Christi Roberts joined the ISS in April 2003, as Office Administrator and PA to the Deputy Director. Christi has a bookkeeping diploma and a heart for administration. She previously worked at SASKO Milling as Controller for the Data Processing department, at President Insurance as Bookkeeper and at Careways Placements as Office Administrator.
christi@iss.org.za
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Martin R Rupiya (Lt Col
Retd.), Senior Researcher, Defence Sector
Programme, joined the ISS in March 2003. Previously, from July 2002
was a visiting Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Africa’s
International Relations within the Department of International Relations
at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he offered
Courses on African Security at the Masters level as well as supervising
PhD students. Prior to this, served as Director of the Center for Defence
Studies [since 1993] and Senior Lecturer in War & Strategic Studies
in the Department of History at the University of Zimbabwe since 1990.
Martin holds a PhD in Military History, University of Zimbabwe (UZ);
an MA from Kings College London, UK a BA Hons in Economics and History
and a Diploma in War & Strategic Studies, UZ.
rupiyam@iss.org.za
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Makubetse Sekhonyane joined the Crime and Justice Programme in May 2000 where he presently works as a senior researcher. His areas of focus include, inter alia, corruption in – and good governance of – the criminal justice system, vigilantism and non-state forms of policing, criminal gangs, prisons, taxi violence and the impact of international human rights law on South Africa’s criminal justice institutions. Between 1995 and 2000 Makubetse worked for the Human Rights Committee of South Africa as a researcher focusing on human rights violations, the state's protection mechanisms (the constitution, the chapter nine institutions, the bill of rights and international treaties). He worked mainly in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern and Western Cape and the Northern Province. Makubetse holds a bachelor of Social Science degree, with majors in legal studies and psychology, from the University of Natal – Durban. During the first half of 1999 he participated in the Human Rights Advocacy Programme at Columbia University in New York.
kubz@iss.org.za
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André Snyders joined the ISS in 2000. As Publications Coordinator he manages the publishing of ISS research. Andre edits the Institute’s journal, the African Security Review and arranges the sales and marketing of all ISS publications. Andre has a degree in Communications and worked briefly as a news journalist before turning to NGO publishing and marketing.
andre@iss.org.za
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Noel Stott has worked in both the academic environment and the NGO sectors and has recently completed a project examining "Lesson Drawing and Policy Transfers in Countries in Transition" for the Northern Ireland based Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). He has also recently completed a study, "From the SADF to the SANDF: Safeguarding South Africa for a Better Life for All?" which forms part of CSVR's Violence and Transition Project. Noel is a member of the Co-ordination Committee of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Noel has been employed by ISS's Arms Management Programme as a Senior Research for Southern Africa since May 2002.
noel@iss.org.za
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Kathryn
Sturman joined the ISS as a senior researcher on African intergovernmental
organizations in February 2002. Ms Sturman graduated from the University
of Cape Town in 1996 with a masters degree in political studies (Africa
Programme). She worked at the Parliament of South Africa as a senior
researcher on crime and economic policy for the Democratic Party
from 1997 to 1999. After the 1999 national elections, Ms Sturman
worked as speechwriter to the leader of the opposition.
kathy@iss.org.za
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Thokozani Thusi joined the ISS in March 2002 as a Researcher in the Arms Management Programme focusing on Small Arms in East Africa, the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa. Prior to joining the ISS Thokozani worked as a Researcher at the Center for Southern African Studies (CSAS) at the School of Government, University of the Western Cape. It is at the same University where he qualified for his B.A in Political Studies as well as MPA degrees. Thokozani has written both published and unpublished papers covering a wide range of issues in African International Relations that include, Southern African Regional Integration, Humanitarian Assistance and Development Aid in Complex Political Emergencies, Genocide and Ethnocide in the Great Lakes region, Peacekeeping and Peace-building and the politics of development aid.
thokozani@iss.org.za
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Boyane Tshehla joined the ISS in July 2003 as a senior Researcher in the Crime and Justice Programme. He holds LLM (Criminal Justice) from the University of Cape Town. Before joining the ISS he worked as a researcher with the Institute of Criminology as well as lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, UCT. His research activities included subjects such as youth, policing and non-state justice. Boyane¹s main area of interest while at UCT was the role played by non-state agencies in the provision of justice, especially in the townships as well as the interaction between these non state agencies and the state justice system. In 2001 he was granted fellowship by the Social Sciences Research Council (US) and the National Research Foundation (SA) to conduct research on the involvement of urban youth in non-state ordering in South Africa.
boyane@iss.org.za
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Clarence
Tshitereke joined ISS in July 2001 as a Parliamentary Liaison
Officer in Cape Town and currently works as a Senior Researcher in
the Arms Management Programme.
Prior to this, he worked as a teaching assistant with the universities
of Cape Town and Queen's, he was also a research intern in Parliament
and a researcher and co-ordinator with the Institute for Democracy
in South Africa. He holds degrees in politics from the Universities
of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, a diploma from York University and
is currently a Ph.D candidate with Queen's University and Kingston
where he was also a research fellow with the Southern African Migration
Project. He has interest in South African Politics, and International
Relations.
clarence@iss.org.za
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Bright Tumisang
Office
Assistant and Driver
bright@iss.org.za
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Gina van Schalkwyk
Senior Researcher: SADC Programme
gina@iss.org.za
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Hennie van Vuuren joined the ISS Cape
Town office in February 2002 as a Senior Researcher with a focus
on anti-corruption strategies. Before joining the ISS Hennie was based
in Berlin, Germany for three years where he was employed as a Programme
Officer at the Transparency International (TI) secretariat. During
this time he read for an MA (Diplom) in Political Studies at the Free
University (Berlin). He also holds a BA Honors degree in African Politics
from the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and held a number
of leadership positions in student government.
hvanvuuren@issct.co.za
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Khehla Xaba was appointed as Information Centre and Publications Assistant at the ISS office in Pretoria in September 2003, before which he worked as office assistant and driver.
khehla@iss.org.za
