Institute For Security Studies – The Mail & Guardian

/ 20 June 2024

Gauteng GNU could get SA’s economic engine revving

The province’s economy has struggled amid infrastructure and governance failures

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By Sarah Smit

Analysis

/ 18 September 2023

SAPS bungle farm murder cases as much as other investigations

Priority must be given to crime detection and intelligence work, not just visible policing

By Lyse Comins

National

/ 11 August 2023

South African Police Service ‘captured’ and ‘outdated’

Hiring 10 000 new recruits annually will not solve the crime crisis because of poor training and policing, as well as rampant corruption

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By Lyse Comins

National

/ 15 July 2022

Behind South Africa’s mass killings

Police will struggle to solve murders and massacres, as well as other crimes, because of corruption, shoddy management, low level officers being promoted and internal divisions in the police service

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By Lyse Comins

National

/ 21 April 2022

Durban’s future: Storms, intense and more frequent flooding

Climate projections show that the eThekwini metro will receive more rain by 2050 that could fall in brief periods

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By Sheree Bega

National

/ 8 April 2022

Anarchy reigns: Police on high alert as Operation Dudula gains momentum

State security and the SAPS are on high alert as vigilante group gain momentum, but police concede they do not have the resources to stop Operation Dudula form stoking xenophobia

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By Lizeka Tandwa

National

/ 1 April 2022

How do vigilante groups like Dudula come into being?

The state’s failure to act as a source of moral or political authority creates a vacuum that ‘seductive’ populist movements are happy to fill

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By Lyse Comins

The Green Guardian

/ 28 November 2021

The Mozambican criminal who escaped from South African prisons, twice

A rhino-poaching suspect, who recently escaped from police custody, has been identified as a criminal who was serving multiple life sentences when he broke out of prison last year

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By Simon Bloch

The Green Guardian

/ 27 October 2021

Cities will feel the heat from climate change

South Africa’s urban areas are urban heat islands and heat waves will intensify the distress

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 17 October 2021

COP26 touted to resolve long standing issues on climate debt

Only 16% of losses in South Africa from weather-related disasters in the past four decades were covered by insurers, leaving governments and communities unable to build back

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 23 July 2021

Stolen ammo poses security threat amid failure to protect high-risk consignments

A Durban depot container with 1.5-million rounds of ammunition may have been targeted, as others in the vicinity were left untouched, say security sources

By Erika Gibson

Business

/ 10 January 2021

Africa trade bloc bets on business without borders

The new year started with a crucial step towards free trade between countries on the continent

By Sarah Smit

Africa

/ 11 April 2020

Review: The pandemic could change politics as we know it. Here’s a guidebook

Jakkie Cilliers’s book about igniting a growth revolution in Africa has some timely lessons as we seek ways to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19

By Liesl Louw-Vaudran

Article

/ 6 March 2020

Training the NPA’s next prosecutors

The aspirant prosecutors programme, on hold for years because of lack of funds, has started up again, creating a pool of future prosecutors

By Franny Rabkin

Article

/ 12 November 2018

Crisis proofing South Africa’s water security

South Africa is a water stressed country but crisis point can be avoided

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 17 August 2018

Police defence on Marikana falls flat

A report highlights inconsistencies that demand that the police should scrutinise their actions

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 15 August 2018

‘Miners did not shoot at police’ – new Marikana report

New details about the infamous ‘Scene 2’ have emerged a day shy of the sixth anniversary of the Marikana massacre

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 31 July 2017

Police watchdog can’t keep up with crooked cops

Ipid refers far fewer cases to the NPA than it receives each year; fewer still are ever convicted.

By Rumana Akoob

Article

/ 11 July 2017

Fires, break-ins intended to intimidate Ramaphosa’s faction in the ANC

Rival political factions fighting for state power may be behind the recent spate of break-ins and fires at key government institutions

By Kaveel Singh

Article

/ 9 June 2017

It’s time for South Africa to look beyond BRICS to improve its foreign policy

The defining characteristic of Zuma’s tenure has been his ability to cloak his private and personal interests in a bigger ideological framework

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 19 May 2016

SA at sea over illegal fishing in its waters

Foreign trawlers invading South Africa’s oceans costs the economy R60bn a year because it can’t afford to patrol and control its resources.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 17 March 2016

Al Bashir ruling a ‘landmark judgement for international criminal justice’

Security experts weigh in on the possible implications of the SCA’s ruling about Sudanese President Omar al Bashir’s stay in South Africa.

By M&G Reporters

Article

/ 4 June 2015

No more secrecy in new inspector general interviews

Lobby groups succeeded in appeals to have interviews for the new inspector general of intelligence post to be open to the public.

By Thulani Gqirana

Article

/ 7 August 2014

NPA’s lack of scrutiny: Who watches the prosecutors?

As the crisis engulfing the NPA continues, a researcher has argued that the authority needs an independent body to police it.

By Sarah Evans

Article

/ 6 November 2013

Police on crime stats: We dismiss flawed argument by ISS

The police ministry has dismissed the Institute for Security Studies’ criticism that the latest crime statistics were flawed.

By Sapa

Article

/ 6 November 2013

ISS: ‘Misleading’ crime statistics need inquiry

The police significantly over-reported successes in crime fighting in the latest set of crime statistics, says the Institute for Security Studies.

By Phillip De Wet

Africa

/ 23 September 2013

Kenya’s troops fighting ‘one or two’ gunmen in Westgate mall

Kenya’s special forces are still battling "one or two" Islamist militants holed up inside Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall.

By Sarah Evans

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Article

/ 24 April 2012

Metro cops failing to acknowledge corruption reality

Corruption Watch shows massive gaps between the public’s experience of JMPD corruption and the metro cops’ recognition of the problem.

By Faranaaz Parker

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Article

/ 2 September 2011

Legitimacy crisis haunts SAPS

One of the biggest challenges facing SAPS is the "widely held perception" among its own staff and the public that many members and leaders are corrupt

By Glynnis Underhill