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24 May 2013
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05 Mar 2013
 
 
Improving governance is key to ending violent protests in South Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
While President Jacob Zuma affirmed the right of the people of South Africa to ‘protest in a peaceful and orderly manner’ in his State of the Nation address, he also stated that he had issued...
 
 
01 Mar 2013
 
The possibility of peaceful and free elections in Kenya
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
As Kenya’s 4 March 2013 general elections approach, many within and outside the country, continue to caution against the possible recurrence of violence. The difference between carnage and...
 
 
Africa and the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Although the use of nuclear weapons is widely recognised as being inhumane, and despite an international agreement reached some 40 years ago to further the goal of nuclear disarmament, some states...
 
 
28 Feb 2013
 
Sierra Leone: an election without violence
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
On 17 November 2012, the republic of Sierra Leone simultaneously held presidential, parliamentary, municipal and local elections. These elections were awaited not only by Sierra Leoneans but also...
 
 
27 Feb 2013
 
The SADC Electoral Advisory Council`s support to democratic elections needs to be improved
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Overall, there has been some progress in the strengthening of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) institutional capacities for political governance and the observation of...
 
 
26 Feb 2013
 
When a presidential candidate is charged with grave crimes
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
On Friday 15 February 2013, the High Court of Kenya finally made a ruling on the suitability of the Jubilee Alliance presidential candidate, Uhuru Kenyatta, to contest the March 4 elections. In its...
 
 
25 Feb 2013
 
Why we can't 'fight' violence
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The murder of Reeva Steenkamp, following only two weeks after the brutal gang rape and murder of Anene Booysen, will almost certainly give rise to a clamour of questions about South Africans’...
 
 
21 Feb 2013
 
Do South African police arrests reduce crime?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Over the past decade, the South African Police Service (SAPS) increased its arrest rate by 48%. This seems laudable, especially when one considers that there has been a 23% drop in the overall...
 
 
 
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