ISS Seminar: The State's Response to Crime and Public Security in South Africa

Date: 2008-12-03 to Invalid date

Hosted by the ISS Crime, Justice and Politics Programme

In November 2007, the ISS entered into an agreement with the South African civil rights organisation AfriForum to conduct research on whether and to what extent the Government of the Republic of South Africa, as the executive organ of the State, has been fulfilling its constitutional obligation to combat crime. The ISS agreed to undertake the research by analysing South Africa’s overall crime situation (with a focus on violent crime); by considering Government’s overall response to this; by looking at the general state of policing in the country; by carrying out four case studies in identified geographical areas; and by investigating accusations against Government that the closing down of the commandos in affected areas created a ‘vacuum’ in the state’s ability to perform its constitutional obligation to provide a safe and secure environment.

The research and its findings will be discussed in more detail at the seminar arranged as follows:

Speakers:

• Dr Johan Burger, Senior Researcher in the Crime, Justice and Politics Programme, ISS

• Henri Boshoff, Senior Researcher in the Africa Security Analysis Programme, ISS

Date: 3 December 2008
Time: 10h30 – 12h30 (arrival and refreshments from10:00 and a light lunch immediately after the seminar)
Venue: ISS Seminar Room, Block C, Veale Street, New Muckleneuk, Tshwane (Pretoria)
(Parking at ABSA Court and Brooklyn Mall)

Enquiries: Ms Busiswa Nyume, Tel 012 346 9500, Fax 012 346 4569, email: [email protected]

This event is funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation

Seminar Documentation