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Siege, Survival and Alliance: South African-Israeli Relations in the 1970s 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 1st June 2010 On 25 May 2010, the Mail & Guardian reported that US academic Sasha Polakow-Suransky uncovered secret South African documents which reveal that... →
Zuma is proving to be more than just a ‘domestic president’
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 1st June 2010 At the end of President Zuma's first year in the Union Buildings, one could well ask what are the emerging trends defining his presidency. Although... →
Treatment Perils: the Proliferation of Fake Medicines
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 31st May 2010 Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are flooding regional markets. This not only provides a ‘hard pill to swallow' to health and pharmaceutical boards but... →
We owe a debt of gratitude to anti-apartheid risk-takers Duncan and Slabbert
By: Idasa, an African Democracy Institute 28th May 2010 Perhaps it is a reflection of the kind of society in which we live that the murder of a somewhat shady character eclipses the death of a South... →
Climate change poses worrying threat to SA's mineral and energy complex
By: Terence Creamer 28th May 2010 A new study, which was released just days before South Africa's 'Green Economy Summit', which took place in Johannesburg last week, does a good job... →
Social forces drive financial insecurity
By: Seeraj Mohamed 28th May 2010 Some serious concerns we will have over the near future relate to when to expect the next financial crisis and how soon thereafter we should expect... →
The Complexity of Counterfeiting and Piracy in Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th May 2010 Africa has become a major destination for counterfeits and pirated goods. It is given that a pirated DVD of Sex and the City 2, for example,will... →
A Major Breakthrough in Darfur Crisis
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th May 2010 The current hostilities in Darfur erupted in early 2002 with the government-backed militia committing numerous atrocities against rebels and... →
Intellectuals & Politics: A Tribute to Frederick van Zyl Slabbert
By: Denis Worrall 24th May 2010 Julius Malema, leader of the ANC's Youth League, has featured in several Insights over the past few months and, to be consistent, I should say... →
Organising Against Organised Rhino Poaching
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th May 2010 The African continent has experienced a general increase in rhino poaching in recent years. In South Africa, National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)... →
