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9 February 2012
                       
 
 
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25 Jan 2012
 
 
Concerns Raised About the Involvement of the Military in Policing Operations in South Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in the recent festive season policing operations has led to concerns being raised from various quarters. The first problems...
 
 
01 Nov 2011
 
Can the Police Take all the Credit for Reductions in Crime?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The 2010/11 South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics show a 2,4% decrease in crime. In real terms this means that the police recorded 50 400 fewer serious crimes in 2010/11 than they...
 
 
12 Sep 2011
 
Why it is Getting Safer for Big Business in South Africa?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
As it does every year, the release of the annual official crime statistics by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa attracted substantial attention. It has become a ritual of sorts: the media and various...
 
 
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...
 
 
20 Jun 2011
 
Does South Africa Deserve the Police that it has?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Following criticisms that the South African Police Service (SAPS) was brutal, the National Commissioner of the SAPS, Bheki Cele, was reported in the media as saying on May 10, 2011 that ‘police...
 
 
05 Apr 2011
 
The Case for a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the South African Police Service
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
When the previous national commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Jackie Selebi, was forced to leave the Service by mid-2009, he left behind an organisation that was deeply...
 
 
26 Jan 2011
 
The Winnie Mandela Incident and Implications for Law Enforcement
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
On Thursday, December 30, 2010, two uniformed SAPS members, Warrant Officer Jannie Odendaal and Constable Abel Twala, from the South African Police Service (SAPS) Emergency Response Unit, were...
 
 
30 Nov 2010
 
The Dangers of Nepotism and Favouritism for the Police
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
In the last few months there have been a number of worrying media reports in South Africa alleging incidents of nepotism or favouritism in both the South African Police Service (SAPS) and...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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