The Private Security Sector in Africa: country Series

This monograph on private security in Africa is the part-result of a two-year research project on the Regulation of the Private Security Sector in Afr

This monograph on private security in Africa is the part-result of a two-year research project on the Regulation of the Private Security Sector in Africa. This report is based on three country case South Africa. In these countries private security companies are involved in a number of security-related operations.

This research project was inspired by the need for Africa to engage in the debate around the manifestation of the private security sector on the continent, and to support its effective regulation through the establishment of a consistent and logical regulatory framework for national, sub-regional and regional legislation and protocols. Little research has been undertaken to inform a thorough understanding of the private security industry in Africa. To this end, the country reports provide insightful findings and are aimed at influencing policy making at national, sub-regional and regional level.

Editor

Sabelo Gumedze, BA Law, LLB, University of Swaziland, LLM in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa, University of Pretoria, Diploma in International Protection of Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Senior Researcher, ISS, Attorney of the High Court of Swaziland.

Authors

Solomon Wilson Kirunda, LLM, University of the Western Cape, LLB (Hons) Makerere University, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Uganda.

Meike de Goede, MA in African History, Lieden University, MA (cum laude) in Conflict Studies and Human Rights, Utrecht University.

Raenette Taljaard, BA Law, RAU/UJ, BA (Hons) Political Science (cum laude), RAU/UJ), MA (Political Science:  International Relations) (cum laude), (RAU/UJ), MSc Public Administration and Public Policy (cum laude), LSE, Yale World Fellow, Life Fellow of the Centres for Leadership and Public Values at the Graduate School of Business at UCT and the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University; Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum