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18 August 2006
ISS Today: Engendering Critical Understandings of Corruption
Being Indian is about accepting corruption and finding creative ways to sustain it, Pavan Varma argues in his latest book by the same title. These and other insights into corruption are littered in this book that provides a peak into the Indian psyche. But Varma eschews the systems debate, detracting from global anti-corruption efforts to understand and tackle its worst excesses in society.
17 August 2006
Stronger profile for French peacekeepers?
... 'You see a degree of reluctance on the part of France to intervene in African conflicts, whereas ... in the 1960s, they directly acted in places like Nigeria, Gabon, and Central Africa,' says Festus Aboagye, at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa.
16 August 2006
ISS Today: Guns Fall Silent in Lebanon
Guns fell silent across south Lebanon on Monday as a UN-brokered truce to end five weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect. Just as the Hezbollah fighters were holding their fire, Israeli air strikes and artillery fire continued until a minute or two before the truce.
Gun owners hit back at proposed legal changes : Mail & Guardian Online
... Responding to a submission by Institute for Security Studies researcher Guy Lamb at the first public hearing on proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Act, Van Wyk said gun control denies the public the 'most effective means of protecting themselves'.
ISS Programme Highlights: 16 August
Regional Projects are busy with preparations for the civil society human security focal point meeting and have been invited to attend a UNESCO meeting at ASEAN's Headquarters in Jakarta on Human Security on 26 and 27 October. The programme has been approached by the Stiftung Wischenschaft und Politik in Berlin to become part of a strategic dialogue between Germany, India, Brazil and South Africa.
The Arms Management Programme hosted Mr Isaie Bagabo from the Nairobi-based Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA) on a week-long fact-finding and capacity building visit and continues to make preparations for the researchers capacity-building workshop with RECSA and Small Arms Survey, which will take place from 25 to 27 September.
The African Security Analysis Programme will present a paper at the Goedgedacht Forum for Social Reflection in Cape Town on 15 August at a seminar entitled “What effect is the situation in Zimbabwe having on the SADC region?” The programme is also making presentations at an ISS seminar on the DRC elections this week.
The Crime and Justice Programme is doing research on the level of police compliance with cases referred to them by the ICD to discuss the Trafficking Task Team’s Annual Plan and is also meeting with BWWC to discuss a course for science students.
The Defence Sector Programme is attending the 16th International HIV & AIDS Conference in Toronto ending 18 August. Last week members were in Swaziland to meet with the Swazi Permanent Secretary for Defence. This week the programme has scheduled meetings with the Naval and Air Advisor to the British High Commisson in Pretoria in preparation of a briefing for the Africa Tour Team of the Royal College of Defence Studies when they visit Pretoria in October.
The Training for Peace Programme will continue with arrangements for the APSTA AGM (28 Aug) and the AU ASF Workshop (29 Aug – 1 Sep), as well as the EAPCCO UNPOC Task Team meeting (Kampala, 4-5 Sep). They are also busy with the facilitation of a module on Mainstreaming Gender in Peacekeeping Operations at the Civilian Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Course (CPPC) being organised by ACCORD this week.
The Cape Town Office has been invited to speak at the Retail Trends Africa Summit scheduled for 4-6 October 2006 in Sandton on characteristic case studies of international money laundering trends in the retail industry. Colleagues from the programme met with consultants to discuss ideas on empowering local civil society groups to monitor corruption in service delivery and with the former chair of Transparency-South Africa. The programme is organising a methodology workshop on HIV/Aids for Friday 18 August.
The ICPAT Office in Addis Ababa held meetings in Kenya with counterterrorism officials, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, police officials and the representative of the IOM as a start of border control activities in Kenya. They are also busy drafting a Counter Terrorism Training Course Manual.
The Nairobi Office finalised preparation for ISS-SAS Uganda-Tanzania border arms flow research and met with RECSA to plan the September 2006 Researchers’ Workshop. In the next week, they will be in Uganda to conduct research on Uganda-Tanzania border arms flow, a collaborative effort between ISS and Small Arms Survey of Geneva, Switzerland.
Anti-mercenary Bill passes first test
... Len le Roux, head of the defence sector programme at the Institute for Security Studies think-tank in Pretoria, said the proposed law could block the future of many South Africans seeking employment abroad.
14 August 2006
Citizens march for tighter gun-control laws
... But more needed to be done, Ben Coetzee from the Institute for Security Studies told parliament Friday. He said that more than 1 000 police officers had died or been injured by bullets in the past decade, with 50 deaths this year alone.
Firearm laws under scrutiny
... The Institute for Security Studies argued that it would be prudent to insert a minimum age in terms of firearm use as this also applies to motor vehicle licenses.
Scorpions threaten legal action after bust
... Meanwhile the Institute for Security Studies has labelled the arrests as an overreaction. Senior researcher Johan Burger admitted, however, it was a 'very awkward' and difficult situation to understand.
Security guards questioned after mall ordeal
... Boyane Tshehla, from the Institute for Security Studies, agreed. 'They can search you only with your consent. If you deny consent, they can deny you access to the premises. They have no rights beyond that and beyond being able to effect a citizen's arrest.'
Zimbabwe Central Bank Pressured To Extend FX Exchange Deadline
... Researcher Chris Maroleng of the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa said the central bank governor should have allowed much more time for the conversion.
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