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Violence in Nigeria’s south-east demands a holistic response
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th May 2022 Insecurity in Nigeria is growing in scale, spread and sophistication. A total of 1 486 people in the country were victims of insecurity in January... →
Suspend and make the Public Protector accountable
3rd May 2022 Anti-Corruption watch dog organisation, Accountability Now, has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa, demanding the suspension of Public... →
Fourth part of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture
29th April 2022 Attached is the fourth part of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture. →
New look and feel
By: Terence Creamer 29th April 2022 Dear valued reader, Those of you who receive the physical Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine will no doubt have noticed already that we have... →
SA too corrupt to feed the rights of children
28th April 2022 As we celebrate Freedom Month in South Africa, we celebrate our liberation from the yoke of apartheid and colonialism, and we celebrate our... →
Popular power, insurrectionism and their legacies
By: Raymond Suttner 28th April 2022 Both popular power and insurrectionism were important, albeit controversial components of the ANC-led struggle against apartheid. Both have some... →
The Criminal Law and Perpetrators of Domestic Violence
26th April 2022 1. Introduction The South African Law Reform Commission(SALRC)1 is presently considering submissions as to whether or not certain acts of domestic... →
Rwanda–UK deal degrades refugee conventions and Africa’s approach
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 26th April 2022 On 14 April, United Kingdom (UK) Home Secretary Priti Patel and Rwanda Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta signed a deal to send asylum seekers... →
New SA police chief’s main test is winning public trust
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th April 2022 South Africa’s new national commissioner of police, General Fannie Masemola is by all accounts a competent career professional. When he took office... →
Tshisekedi does a dodgy deal with Gertler
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 25th April 2022 Many clues about what the enigmatic President Félix Tshisekedi is really about seem hidden in the secret deal his government signed on 24 February... →
