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27 May 2012
                       
 
 
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24 May 2012
 
 
South Africa's new security laws: who will they protect?
SAPS
Concerns are growing in South Africa that new laws on intelligence, security and graft-busting may end up protecting the political elite more than the nation.
 
 
15 May 2012
 
 
 
Why a South African Anti-Corruption Agency must be independent of the police to be effective
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
If it was not already clear why a dedicated anti-corruption agency capable of tackling powerfully connected people had to be independent of the South African Police Service (SAPS), the recent, and...
 
 
01 Mar 2012
 
The 2012 South African Budget Reveals Big Shifts in Police Personnel Trends
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Does hiring more police officers result in less crime? Or does more crime result in more police officers? The reasoning behind the first statement has guided South African policy makers for the...
 
 
07 Feb 2012
 
The South African Constitutional Court Extends Police Accountability
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Should the police be more trustworthy than any other citizen? And if they are not, can you hold the Minister of Police to account? In an important unanimous judgement penned by South African Chief...
 
 
05 Jan 2012
 
South Africa 2011 National Victims of Crime Survey highlights progress but challenges remain
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
In January 2012, four senior commissioned officers from the South African Police Service (SAPS) will appear in court on charges of defeating the ends of justice after they were recently arrested...
 
 
19 Sep 2011
 
What to do When the Crime Statistics go Down
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The sense of optimism was palpable at the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria when South Africa’s National Minister of Police released the official police crime statistics for the 2010/2011 financial...
 
 
16 Sep 2011
 
 
 
SA crime stats – an overview
VIDEO
Creamer Media’s Polity speaks to Gareth Newham, head of the Crime and Justice Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, about the latest crime statistics in South Africa.
 
 
08 Sep 2011
 
ISS response to SAPS annual statistics release
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
"Crime in South Africa keeps going down, for which the police and many communities deserve some credit. But what the statistics don't reveal is the grim reality of many serious and often hidden...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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