Negative perceptions of police professionalism and corruption go hand in hand with low public trust in the police, poor marks on government performance, and citizens’ sense of insecurity.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Peace and justice
Displaying 1 - 20 of 23 articles
Palestine remains the single issue on which South Africa’s support for a people’s struggle has been unquestionably consistent.
Those who reject recourse to the courts in favour of street demonstrations are taking the wrong approach to the current democratic turning point.
South Africa’s legal team includes lawyers who previously acted against the government.
The government must not trample on its own laws and court decisions. Compliance with the constitution must be the priority.
The court should have given the public a much clearer understanding of how it came to its decision, and what consideration it had given to public opinion.
Angola’s 2022 election is the first in which citizens born after the war are old enough to vote.
Individual beliefs about the past and its relevance to the present strongly influenced awareness of the Marikana tragedy.
The political skill to turn situations to his advantage, rather than any ability to mobilise people, made Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.
In 2003, Rwanda adopted a policy of ethnic non-recognition. However, for 100 days in a year, it centres ethnicity in the country’s psyche.
Every South African who cares about the future of the country will agree with former president Mbeki that, to avert disaster, something must be done urgently about its deep socio-economic problems.
Belgium wants to frame its relationship with Congo, Rwanda and Burundi as one looking into the future – but the past weighs heavily.
The MPLA is using all instruments at its disposal to hobble a new united opposition front ahead of the Angola election.
Many of the artefacts Ethiopia is famous for are found in Tigray. Their continued destruction could lead to irreversible culture shock and social collapse.
There has been a clear attempt to undermine the role of the Judicial Service Commission by some who sit on it.
The court has lived up to its promise in most cases, issuing some progressive and ground-breaking decisions and remedies.
Much of the commentary on the July riots, which cost over 300 lives and billions of rands in damage to the economy, has neglected the long history of violent protests in the country.
The Southern African Development Community does not have a remarkable record of military interventions in civil conflicts in the region.
The appointment of judges has hitherto been an obscure and oftentimes clandestine affair. This has produced incompetent judges and led to claims that the judiciary is beholden to the executive.
The recent spate of military takeovers, most recently in Chad, highlights a developing trend by armed forces in Africa which overtly subvert constitutional governance.
Top contributors
-
Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch University
-
Professor in Law and Co-Convener National Security Hub (University of Canberra) and Research Fellow (adjunct) - The Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University- NATO Fellow Asia-Pacific, University of Canberra
-
Professor, University of South Africa
-
Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
-
Professor Emeritus of Public Law, University of Cape Town
-
Associate Professor: Department of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, head of the Unit for Moral Leadership, Stellenbosch University
-
Senior Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
-
SNF Eccellenza Professor, University of Basel
-
Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria and Co-ordinator of the South African SDG Hub, University of Pretoria
-
Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
-
Senior Lecturer in Law, SOAS, University of London
-
Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
-
Chief Research Manager, Human Sciences Research Council
-
Lecturer, Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University
-
Head of Department, Public and Environmental Law Department, University of Limpopo
