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Most countries want to believe that they can rely on their military to secure their sovereignty and protect them from foreign threats. However, what is often not fully appreciated is how this...
President Jacob Zuma has an infectious laugh. His guffaws break the ice and disarm the tensest situation. At that precise moment no answers are demanded on the infamous arms deal or police...
The almost ten-year-old United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) has committed governments to a bold agenda in the fight against corruption. The current phase of monitoring the...
I am humbled by the honour of addressing this very important conference of African luminaries on anticorruption.
The organisers of the event, the Institute for Security Studies and the Hanns Seidel...
The 'Arms Deal' was never a single event. Rather it was, and still is, a series of scandals and outrages, all contributing towards a dubious momentum that takes South Africa further away from...
South Africans have an enormous appetite to question the poor and trust the rich. When poor people demand better services, government asks if it’s a plot by foreign agents. When the gaudy...
Business in South Africa needs to be more proactive in the fight against corruption, Institute for Security Studies director Hennie van Vuuren said at a Frontier Advisory seminar on managing risk...
In the historic setting of Cape Town's St Georges Cathedral, over 300 South African and international civil society organisations launched the Right2Know Campaign early last week. This broad based...
The memory of politicians are often as short as their election promises are long. An example is the speed with which the elected - and electorate - forgot an election undertaking by the ruling...
Politicians and policy makers too often swing on a pendulum between unbridled ego and blinkered groupthink. Self-preservation at all cost, parading as ‘national interest', is the key to...