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25 February 2005
South Africa: Peace Corps 'Milking' Defence
The government should cover the full budget for the training, upkeep and deployment of peace troops in Africa instead of only making an "allowance" for it in the defence budget...
...General Major Len le Roux, now retired, of the Institute for Security Studies believed it was partially the defence force's own fault it was not getting enough money.
"The defence force has done very little during the past three years to improve its internal efficiency, such as getting rid of the 214 generals.
South Africa: State Dishes Out Generously To SAPS
Trevor Manuel has loosened the state's purse strings and dished out generously to those who catch criminals, those who prosecute them, and those who try to rehabilitate them...
...Antony Altbeker of the Institute for Security Studies welcomed the fact that there would be more police on the street, but pointed out that policing was only part of the solution to crime.
24 February 2005
Tiny Togo Tests Africa's Commitment to Democracy
In the old Africa, it might have been just another coup-like plot in the annals of authoritarian regimes on a troubled continent: The son of a president grabs power after his father's death in a dubious inauguration backed by the military...
...But all may not be sanguine, warns Richard Cornwell of the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa. By bending to pressure somewhat, the Togolese elite - lawmakers, the army, and those close to the new president - have created a situation whereby elections will be held within 60 days under archaic and unfair voting rules, he says, "with the army still in power, and with all the weight of the oppressive apparatus of the state still in place"...
Gauteng 'Becoming Safer'
Effective policing and social crime prevention programmes are making Gauteng a safer place, but there is still a lot to be done, said community safety MEC Firoz Cachalia on Tuesday...
...There has been a dramatic reduction of death by unnatural causes which has been confirmed by independent surveys by the Institute for Security Studies and insurance companies.
It's Official: Crime is Down in Gauteng
Gauteng residents are much safer and can feel more secure than they did years ago. This is according to the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), which has tracked crime trends from police statistics since 1994.
23 February 2005
South Africa Fourth World Marijuana Producer
Reports from the Institute for Security Studies in Cape Town point a finger at South Africa as the world´s fourth marijuana producer, threatening to climb further.
Peter Gastrow, a specialist in Crime Analysis Research, calculated more than 83,000 hectares of marijuana plantations existing nationwide, adding that it even grown like a normal weed in some areas.
Western Cape Murder Rate Grows Over 10 Years
While the rest of the country's murder rate dropped by 37 percent last year, the Western Cape remained the only province where the rate had increased overall since 1994 - although last year saw a dramatic drop of 28 percent in the province compared to the year before.
That's according to the Institute of Security Studies (ISS) 10-year report on crime, which shows that murders in the province have increased from 2 732 recorded cases in 1994 to 2 839 in 2004.
22 February 2005
Scorpions: Does Staff Turnover Spell Doom?
Since National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka handed in his resignation, there has been an exodus of officials from the Scorpions, raising concerns that the elite crime-busting unit is facing a crisis in confidence...
...Anton du Plessis of the Institute for Security Studies points out that the high turnover rate does not necessarily mean that the unit is in crisis.
South Africa: Crime-Busters Hit a Bump in the Road
...It was Mbeki who, just two weeks after being sworn in as president in 1999, told parliament about the latest in the government's anti-crime merchandise: an elite unit a la the FBI to pursue, prosecute and imprison those at the top of the crime chain.
"The timing was brilliant," explains Anton du Plessis, head of the crime and justice programme at the Institute for Security Studies. "South Africans were feeling that crime was intractable when the president announced that a high profile, professional, well-resourced unit would be taking on the big syndicates. The public were hungry for it."
21 February 2005
Defiance ‘Erodes Confidence in Nuclear Treaty’
The Brazilian diplomat who will preside over a review of the nonproliferation treaty aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear weapons said yesterday that there had been a serious erosion of confidence in the future of the pact.
Speaking at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria yesterday, Sergio Duarte said the key to ensuring a successful review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty was the need to inject political will behind meeting the obligations of the treaty and finding a new balance between the interests of nuclear and non-nuclear countries.
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