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14 October 2009
13 Oct 2009: Mistake to merge police forces: ISS
13 Oct 2009: Deadly prelude for new 'shoot to kill' police powers
"It was entirely predictable that policemen would struggle to interpret the statements," said Faull.
'If uncertain - call 10111'
This was the opinion of Dr Johan Burger, senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on Monday, in reaction to cases where people had to stop if pulled over by police.
Burger referred to countless incidents where criminals pretended to be police members and then robbed or hijacked people.
13 October 2009
ISS Today: Exercise Golfinho An Example For Other Continental Brigades
The Southern African Development Community Standby Brigade (SADBRIG) recently held Exercise GOLFINHO, so named at the suggestion of Angola and Mozambique as being the Portuguese for “Dolphin” - an animal known for coming to the rescue when humans are in danger. The exercise took place at the South African National Defence Force Combat Training Centre in the Northern Cape, Lohatla, and in Walvis Bay over the period 1 to 26 September 2009. The aim of the exercise was to prepare the SADBRIG for multidimensional Peace Support Operations in line with the African Union Standby Force Roadmap.
10 Oct 2009: President Girma addresses Parliament
12 October 2009
12 Oct 2009: 'I prayed that the police would stop them'
"If you are in the boot, you are out of their way and you won't attract attention - and you can also reactivate the car if the anti-hijack (mechanism) kicks in," said Burger.
"Criminals learn from each other and copy what works for them," he said.
9 Oct 2009: Gauteng SA's robbery hotspot
"If people want to emigrate, they should rather go to other provinces where home robberies are less common. Don't leave the country."
23 Sep 2009: Crime Nightmare
8 Oct 2009: Zero tolerance cops on the way
23 Sep 2009: New database of MPs interests
This website was launched in Cape Town on Tuesday by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
09 October 2009
ISS Today: South Africans Fighting for International Criminal Justice
The prospect of prosecutions for grave international crimes is an important weapon in the arsenal of human rights protections. The past two decades have seen important developments in this regard. Today the actions of states and their military forces are regulated by international criminal law, and although not widely recognised, several South Africans have played an instrumental role in developing these criminal justice responses."
08 October 2009
ISS Today: Cleaning Out the Closet: Armed Groups in the Great Lakes Region
The presence of so-called ‘negative forces’ in the Great Lakes Region, especially eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has long been recognised by major stakeholders such as the African Union, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the United Nations, as one of the major impediments to stability in the region. Currently, with several ongoing military operations in eastern DRC, the use of force to deal with these ‘negative forces’ is considered the most fruitful option. Even in the case of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which took part in a protracted peace process with the Government of Uganda (GoU), facilitated by southern Sudan, a military solution is favoured to either neutralise the movement or push it to sign an agreement. This includes Ugandan forces currently hunting down the movement’s remnants in the Central African Republic."
5 Oct 2009: Water Wars Will Arise Out of Political Failure, Not Bad Weather
05 Oct 2009: Contention Over Rankings of African Nations
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