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24 May 2013
                       
 
 
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17 Apr 2013
 
 
The National Development Plan can improve policing in South Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
A hard-hitting television presenter recently asked the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, if he would resign given the deterioration of policing in recent years. This took place during a popular...
 
 
11 Apr 2013
 
Seminar looks at police brutality
police brutality
Gauteng Police Commissioner Lt Gen Mzwandile Petros says robust relationships are needed between police officers and their respective communities in order to improve the outcomes of law...
 
 
22 Mar 2013
 
Blaming militarisation for police brutality is aiming at the wrong target
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The death of Mozambican taxi driver Mido Macia after being dragged behind a police van in Daveyton has again focused attention on the problem of police brutality. Questions are being asked about...
 
 
14 Feb 2013
 
Between a rock and a hard place: Policing public violence in South Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Shortly after the powerful National Executive Council (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC) ended its first meeting of 2013, Secretary General Gwede Mantashe held a media conference to...
 
 
06 Dec 2012
 
To what extent has the South African Police Service become militarised?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The Marikana tragedy, coupled with high levels of police brutality, has been understood by some as being partly a consequence of the militarisation of the South African Police Service (SAPS). The...
 
 
27 Nov 2012
 
 
 
Solidarity: Statement by Dirk Hermann, Solidarity Deputy General Secretary, asserts that farm murders should be classified as a priority crime (27/11/2012)
STATEMENT
The report forms part of a national campaign against farm murders by the Solidarity Movement which includes the SRI, the trade union Solidarity, AfriForum and Kraal Uitgewers.
 
 
17 Oct 2012
 
Farm Attacks and Farm Murders Remain a Concern
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The ongoing scourge of criminal attacks on the farming community in South Africa and the accompanying range of violent crimes such as murder, rape and robbery remain a controversial issue. On the...
 
 
20 Sep 2012
 
Business robberies in SA grow by 7.5%
CRIME STATS
Business robberies in South Africa increased by 7.5% in the 2011/12 financial year to a ratio of 31.5, from 29.3 in the previous year, with mostly small- to medium-sized businesses targeted, the...
 
 
30 Aug 2012
 
Police Committee hosts detective dialogue
WHATS ON
The Portfolio Committee on Police will host a Detective Dialogue on 5 September next week. The Minister of Police, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, has declared this year as the year of the detective. Among...
 
 
21 Aug 2012
 
 
 
The Deeper Implications of Widespread Lawlessness in South Africa
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
Over the last few years South Africa has increasingly found itself in the grip of widespread lawlessness that manifests itself in many ways. It includes actions that are seemingly innocuous, such...
 
 
20 Aug 2012
 
 
 
Lonmin killings symbolise crisis – ANC NEC member
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The killings at the Marikana mine of Lonmin Platinum symbolise that South Africa may be reaching points of crisis that need to be nipped in the bud, says African National Congress National...
 
 
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...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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