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26 May 2006
On the run - or sheltered by comrades?
Two suspected Boeremag members who escaped from police custody at the Pretoria High Court three weeks ago could be in hiding in South Africa - aided by �sleeper cells�, says Institute for Security Studies (ISS) analyst Henri Boshoff.
Harare Scuttles Initiative for UN-Brokered Crisis Solution
Interview With Chris Maroleng
Zimbabwean officials have dismissed the notion that United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan might visit Harare soon bearing a proposal for economic aid to revive the economy in exchange for a promise by President Robert Mugabe to step down.
ISS Today: Debarring Corrupt Businesses and Individuals in South Africa
Debarment of corrupt businesses and individuals involved in public procurement in South Africa was the topic of a lively roundtable discussion at the Emperor’s Palace in Gauteng on Wednesday 24 May. Members of The National Anti-Corruption Forum including those from civil society, business and government converged to engage in the debates. A key focus within the discussions was the value and use of government and common databases of those debarred.
25 May 2006
South Africa : Mercenary plot 'far fetched'
... Speaking to AND on Wednesday, SA's Institute for Security Studies military analyst Henri Boshoff cast doubt on the validity of the charges saying that if indeed the suspects were plotting to distabalise the country in an attempt to create conditions for foreign countries to exploit the rich mineral resources of the DRC, their (suspects' individual countries) governments would never allow such activities by their nationals.
ISS Today: DRC: 32 'Mercenaries' Arrested in Kinshasa
Security agents in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arrested 32 foreigners on Tuesday for plotting a coup against the government of Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophilus Mbemba said. "They came from Iraq, where they worked as soldiers," Mbemba said on Wednesday from Kinshasa. The 12 South Africans, 10 Nigerians and three Americans - all of whom the government describes as mercenaries - were working in Kinshasa for a private security company called Omega.
24 May 2006
Old hijackers may turn to retail not robbery — given the choice
.. In a recent published paper, former Institute for Security Studies analyst Antony Altbeker found that something equally extraordinary happened in SA in 1999.
South Africa: Gun crime continues to devastate lives
... Noel Stott, senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies' Arms Management Programme, reasoned that the new act demands a lot more from the police than the old legislation and that it would take time to phase in. "It's an incredibly comprehensive act, and they've had to put a lot of structures and personnel in place. We know the police are undercapacitated," he explained.
ISS Today: LRA Leader to Surrender or Face Regional Force
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has offered another chance to the leader of the Lord�s Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, to end the war which has ravaged northern Uganda for the last 20 years. According to a joint report published in The East African, Mr. Museveni has given the rebels up to the end of July to surrender or face a joint military action by Ugandan and SPLA Forces.
23 May 2006
Scorpions unlikely to join SAPS: analyst
Prince Mashele, a political analyst, says it is unlikely that the Scorpions will be placed under the SA Police Service (SAPS). Mashele was commenting on the handing over of the Khampepe Commission report to President Thabo Mbeki.
Mbeki to talk Africa with Blair
... 'South Africa regards the UK [United Kingdom] as its strategic ally and [the UK] is a natural entry point [for South Africa] to lobby for support within the G8 or the UN Security Council,' according to Prince Mashele, an analyst with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), a Pretoria-based think-tank.
ISS Today: Former Kenyan president call for peace initiative in Ethiopia between the government and Oromo Liberation Front
During his tour of the Northern Kenya districts of Marsabit and Moyale from 17-19 May 2006, H.E. Daniel T. Arap Moi, the former president of Kenya, said that he will consult with the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on the possibility of initiating the peace process between the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).
22 May 2006
ISS Today: Côte d'Ivoire's Peace Process Under Scrutiny by Power Mediators
A UN-backed panel of African and Western power brokers Friday again criticised obstacles to progress in Ivory Coast’s delicate peace process, a day after a citizenship census started but a crucial disarmament exercise failed to take off. Meeting for the seventh time since its creation by a UN resolution last year, the international working group met as the clock continues to tick towards the October 31 deadline for new elections in the divided country.
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