ISS Seminar, Pretoria: The State of the South African Police Service
Date: 2012-07-19
Venue: , ISS Conference Room
, Block C
, Brooklyn Court
, 361 Veale Street
, New Muckleneuk
, Tshwane (Pretoria)
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, Visitors are requested to park at the Brooklyn Mall Shopping Centre and walk across to the ISS. Please do not park in fr
RSVP:
Ms. Tizina Ramagaga
Fax: (012) 346-9500
E-mail: [email protected]
In recent years, officers
of the South African Police Service (SAPS) have appeared in the media far too
often for the wrong reasons. On almost a daily basis, South Africans are
subject to reports of police corruption, criminal conduct, brutality and
incompetence. Of deep concern is the problematic conduct of some of the highest
ranking officers of the organisation. This not only causes a steady erosion of public
trust in the SAPS, but is also increasingly destructive to the morale of the many
honest and dedicated police men and women who are expected to place their lives
on the line in the public interest. This seminar will explore the various
factors that contribute to the key challenges facing the SAPS at this time in
our democracy and offer recommendations that would enhance professionalism in
the SAPS so that it can earn greater respect amongst all South Africans.
Presenters:
- Dr Johan Burger, Senior Researcher, Crime and Justice Programme, ISS
and Professor Extraordinarius, Dept of Police Practice,
UNISA
- Mr Zizamele Cebekhulu, President of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU)
- Mr Doraval Govender, Assistant Commissioner
(Ret), South African Police Service, and currently Senior Lecturer, UNISA, Dept
of Criminology and Security Science
Chair:
- Mr Gareth Newham, Head of the
Crime and Justice Programme, ISS
Please Note:
All ISS Events occur under the ISS Rules, which means no attribution without
specific permission, unless indicated otherwise.
This seminar is funded by
the Hanns Seidel Foundation
