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15 Nov 2011
 
 
Too Many Loopholes: Smuggling Human Beings in Southern Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Human migration in Africa has a long and complex history, and predates the drawing of national boundaries and the formation of the state. Migration has always been a survival strategy in response...
 
 
30 Aug 2011
 
 
 
The African Futures Brief: Taps and Toilets – How greater access can radically improve Africa's future (August 2011)
WATER & SANITATION
In the first edition of The African Futures Brief, a team of researchers build three scenarios to explore possibilities for the delivery of water and sanitation. First, using historic data, the...
 
 
29 Jul 2011
 
Art as Movable Capital: How South Africa May be Losing Millions Every Year
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Although crime in the art market has a long history, the global popularity of South African artists coupled with the conversion of their work into speculative assets has brought this issue closer...
 
 
19 May 2011
 
The Case for Real Debate in Cape Town
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
On Friday 15 April 1994, former presidents Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk participated in the first debate of the new democratic South Africa. The televised event could hardly be called a debate,...
 
 
25 Feb 2011
 
The Challenge of Organised Crime and Urbanisation
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Over the past decade, thousands of Kenyan youths, living in Kibera on the outskirts of Nairobi, have affiliated themselves to the Mungiki – a criminal gang that considers itself to be an...
 
 
12 Nov 2010
 
Who profits from copper theft?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
There is little doubt that copper cable theft is a growing problem in South Africa, particularly for the electricity, telecommunications, and railway parastatals Eskom, Telkom, and Transnet.
 
 
27 Jul 2010
 
Mirroring the Structure of Oppression: Notes on Xenophobia
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Two weeks after the end of the 2010 fifa World Cup, the much-anticipated outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa has passed with only a few reported incidents. However, the renewed threats...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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