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Release of South African Crime Statistics Highlights Policy Contradictions 
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 22nd September 2010 There was a strange contradiction during the release of South Africa's national crime statistics on the 9th of September this year. The National... →
Addressing Violence and Crime: Prevention is Better Than Cure
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st September 2010 raditional approaches to addressing crime and violence have seen the level of crime remain an area of concern in many countries. Inadequate justice... →
The ANC and partners take stock
By: Denis Worrall 21st September 2010 The ANC's National General Council, which meets this week, is second in importance only to the organisation's National Council which elects the... →
Sierra Leone: Curse of its Riches – Again?
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th September 2010 Sierra Leone's brutal 10-year civil war was partly blamed on the misuse or mismanagement of its rich mineral resources, in particular diamonds, by... →
The skills shortage, Home Affairs and immigration strategies
By: Chris Watters 20th September 2010 Government announced recently that because of the chaos in some of the SETAS, it had little data on how well it was addressing the skills shortage.... →
Brain gain: Skilled diaspora return to Africa
By: In On Africa IOA 17th September 2010 After Tomi Adegoke completed a Master's degree in Public Health from a university in the United States of America (USA), she decided to move to... →
Development has taken a back seat in SA’s national discourse
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 17th September 2010 According to some poverty statistics, 50% of South Africans live in poverty, and about 38% of people between the ages 15 and 25 are neither in a... →
Global firms rank SA as a priority global investment destination
By: Terence Creamer 17th September 2010 South Africa ranks nineteenth in a league table of "top priority host economies" for foreign direct investment (FDI), which was released on Monday... →
The carbon tax debate and irrational howls
By: Saliem Fakir 17th September 2010 No sooner was the announcement that a carbon tax was on the cards made than the hecklers from special interest groups and their lobbyists started... →
Why another amnesty for illegal capital flight?
By: Seeraj Mohamed 17th September 2010 The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is proposing a second amnesty for South African residents guilty of illegal capital flight. The first amnesty... →
