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ISS 3rd International Crime Conference:
Pre-conference workshop
The ISS and South African Crime Quarterly in
partnership with the journals Acta
Criminologica and Agenda are
planning a two-day workshop on 23 and 24 October. The workshop will take place
at the University of South Africa’s Kgorong building at their Pretoria Muckleneuk
campus.
This workshop is intended for academics and researchers who
would like to develop their skills in writing articles and getting published in
peer-reviewed journals in the field of criminology.
If you would like to participate in this workshop please
contact Chandre Gould ([email protected]) by 15 July Read More...
Addressing Rising Insecurity in Kenya
Irene Ndungu, Consultant, Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
Division and Andrews Atta-Asamoah, Senior Researcher, Conflict
Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Pretoria Office
As another spate of attacks kills 17 people in northern Kenya, many questions are being asked about how to deal with the increasing insecurity that has caused the death of at least 57 people since October last year.
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Rooting Out Somali Piracy Starts On-Shore
Annette
Leijenaar, Division Head and Timothy Walker, Consultant, Conflict Management and Peacebuilding Division, ISS Pretoria Office
The dilemma facing those trying to find a solution to piracy is that it starts on-shore. Yet the country faces limited alternatives to the significant yields of piracy. Analysts are also struggling with limited information about the country’s economic development prospects.
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The 19th African Union Summit - a call for compromise
Jide Martyns Okeke, Senior Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis, ISS Addis Ababa Office
The 19th summit of the African Union started this week in Addis Ababa, amid uncertainty about the outcome of new elections for the AU Chairperson on 16 July. The best hope for consensus rests solely on the ability of member states to accommodate their divergent and sometimes conflicting interests through political negotiations.
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Seminar Report: Towards Africa’s Unity - A Pre-AU Summit Seminar
There have been some
unprecedented and dramatic events during and since the 18th AU
Summit in January 2012. The most notable is the impasse that characterised the
election of the Chairperson of the AU Commission. This position was contested
between Dr. Jean Ping, the incumbent and Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South
Africa’s Interior Minister.
This seminar sought to provide a critical policy-relevant
debate on how to transcend the prevailing AUC electoral deadlock towards a
consensus by AU member states. It also provided an overview of the main issues,
decisions and documents for deliberation by member states during the 19th AU
Summit.
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South African Crime Quarterly Issue No 40
It seems as though
each week brings fresh allegations of mismanagement, corruption and
political interference in the work of the police. While it is vitally important to
ensure that the next National Commissioner is a skilled manager, and a
person of integrity, this will not be enough to fix the systemic
problems in the SAPS. The
chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police, Sindiswa
Chikunga, speaks about the importance of civilian oversight of the
police, and its limits. She also speaks about the problems that arise
from promotions improperly made. Shortly before SACQ went to print Ms
Chikunga was promoted to the position of Deputy Minister of Transport.
Also shortly before this edition went to print the
Portfolio Committee passed the SAPS Amendment Bill (the subject of SACQ
39), which will leave the Hawks in a stronger position to tackle
corruption and fend off political interference - but the Hawks remain a
directorate of the SAPS with the head appointed at the discretion of the
Minister of Police.
Staying with the issue of police oversight, David
Bruce describes efforts by the Western Cape to give effect to the
constitutional obligation for the province to play a more active role in
overseeing the police, a move that drew criticism from the minister who
intends to challenge the Western Cape Community Safety Bill.
Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovic and Adri
Sauerman present the findings of their research into the code of silence
between police officers in South Africa, which serves to protect
corrupt acts from detection.
Bill Dixon and
David Gadd respond to the article by Juan Nel and Duncan Breem (SACQ 38)
that argued that South Africa needed to legislate against hate crimes.
Dixon and Gadd present the counter argument, that hate crimes
legislation is not always, or necessarily, in the best interests of the
victims of crimes of prejudice, or the most effective way to counter
such crimes.
Trevor Budhram provides an overview of the extent
of credit crime fraud in South Africa.
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Seminar Report:
Revisiting the Question of Election-Related Violence and Government Mitigation Strategies
Kenyan
politicians are jostling for political space and vantage positions ahead of the
much-anticipated 2013 elections.
However, the question on the minds of many is:
will the next poll threaten the integrity and security of the state,
as was the
case with the last one? The infamous 2007/08 post-election violence resulted in
the death of at least 1 300 people,
the displacement of hundreds of thousands
and an unprecedented destruction of property.
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South Africa Insight Episode 18
Gareth Newham looks at the future scenarios for South Africa sketched out by analyst Clem Sunter and the latest statements by police commissioner Riah Phiyega.
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This Week in Africa, Episode 46
David Zounmenou speaks about the UN’s role in eastern DRC, elections in Libya, politics in Egypt and the destruction of Mali’s heritage sites.
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La semaine en Afrique Episode 46
David Zounmenou du ISS commente les menaces contre Goma en RDC; les élections en Lybie; la situation politique en Egypte et la destruction des sites historiques a Tombouctou
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