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19 August 2005
South Africa: Unbalanced Capacity May Hobble Criminal Justice
Bottlenecks in the criminal justice system are likely to develop over the next few years due to unbalanced growth in the capacity of the police, courts and prisons, Institute for Security Studies researcher Antony Altbeker says.
Researcher reveals why gangs are running wild
...Also, evidence collected in traditional police investigations had often been exposed as inadequate and disorganised, leading to weak state cases against gang bosses, Andre Standing, of the Institute for Security Studies and a researcher on gang activity, says in a paper published this month.
Room for Improvement in SADC, Say Activists
...'We need speedy integration driven by economic development. If not, it will be very difficult to tackle the problems facing the region,' Prince Mashele, a researcher at the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies, told IPS.
18 August 2005
SA murder rate 'same as Iraq terror deaths'
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon has blasted the government over its claim that the crime rate is stabilising.
...'Moreover, half of crimes are not reported at all, according to the Institute of Security Studies.'
Moneyweb Interview: Neville Nicolau: COO, African continent, AngloGold Ashanti
...a fascinating story yesterday was pushed out by Reuters, talking about substantial amounts of gold that are being dug out of the ground by illegal miners. They quoted an Institute for Security Studies report which said that as much as a million ounces of gold a year is taken illegally out of the ground. Are those figures accurate?
Digging for 1g of gold in an abandoned mine
...South African gold mines were estimated to have lost 35,6 tons of gold (1,14-million ounces) per year to illegal mining, according to a study by the Institute for Security Studies published in 2001.
Fact or fiction - more drama surfaces on South Africa loan
The government paper The Herald reports that a twist has been revealed regarding the proposed US$1 billion loan from South Africa to Zimbabwe...
...Chris Maroleng at The Institute for Security Studies in South Africa said you'd have to be sceptical of any information published in the Herald as it is a government mouthpiece.
17 August 2005
More money doesn’t help justice system - survey
Higher spending on the criminal justice system, compared to the rest of the world, did not reduce workloads, a researcher said on Wednesday. SA spent 2.7% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on criminal justice in 1997/98, growing to 3.1% in 2004/05, Institute for Security Studies researcher Antony Altbeker told a Pretoria seminar.
Southern African ministers prepare for regional meeting
Southern African ministers wrap up their two-day meeting today in Gaborone, Botswana. They have been preparing the agenda for the summit of the Southern African Development Community, SADC, scheduled to start tomorrow.
Interview with Chris Maroleng, a SADC specialist at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa.
16 August 2005
Scorpions and Sars raid Dragon City
...In a paper, Main Trends In The Development Of South Africa's Organised Crime, Institute for Security Studies researcher Peter Gastrow said there were four main triad groups in the country: the Wo Shing Wo group, the San Yee On group, the 14K-Hau group and the 14K-Ngai group.
Killers of 10 000 South Africans walking free
...The Institute of Security Studies (ISS) said that out of every 100 000 people in the country, 43 were killed each year. The world average was eight. ISS's Anton du Plessis said the country's high murder rate meant too few police officers were available to investigate each case.
15 August 2005
Zim to top SADC summit agenda
...'It indicates the willingness of the AU to become more forceful or more engaged in the situation than in the past,' said Chris Maroleng, a senior researcher at South Africa's Institute of Security Studies.
Southern Africa summit seen sidestepping Zimbabwe
...'This novel approach is made necessary by the impending humanitarian crisis in that country. It is born out of the very real realisation that Zimbabwe requires urgent attention,' said Chris Maroleng, senior researcher at South Africa's Institute of Security Studies.
SA’s comfort zone at risk until antiterrorism policy digs deeper
...The arrests in recent years of members of People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) and the Boeremag after they were implicated in a spate of bombings shows that South African security authorities are effective in making arrests in domestic terrorism, says Institute for Security Studies analyst Anneli Botha.
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