Research Reports: Submission to the Judicial Service Commission
[2008 July 23]
With regard to the Pending Hearing into the Complaints by the Constitutional Court and Judge President Hlophe
This submission is made jointly by The Political Information and Monitoring Service (PIMS) at Idasa and the DGRU: UCT. We take this opportunity...
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SAMP Migration Policy Series: The Perfect Storm: The Realities of Xenophobia in Contemporary South Africa - 50
[2008 July 16]
The world recently watched with dismay as South African citizens violently attacked foreign nationals in communities across the country. Tens of thousands of migrants were displaced, amid mass looting and destruction of foreign-owned homes, property and businesses...
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News Flash: Zimbabwe News flashes for July 2008
[2008 July 23]
These news flashes aim to shed light and provide analysis on the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe, by considering the situation, actors, and dynamics in that country. If you would like to subscribe to daily updates, please contact Emily.
Zim News Flash...
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Mediation Documents: Zim leaders sign MOU, Mbeki urges urgency on talks
[2008 July 21]
Please download the signed Memorandum of Understanding between Zanu PF and the MDC. It opens in Adobe Reader.
Both President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are “aware of the urgency” of Zimbabwe’s crisis, South...
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Newsletters: ePoliticsSA - Edition 01, 2008: Aliens, Migrants, Refugees and Interlopers: Perceptions of Foreigners in South Africa
[2008 July 18]
This edition of ePoliticsSA was compiled by Kate Lefko-Everett.
This edition of ePolitics provides an overview of migration and refugee policy since 1994, which has only in recent years shifted from a “protectionist” approach conductive...
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Articles: The Electoral Process in Swaziland: Are Boycotts Effective?
[2008 July 17]
Since 1973 the issue of elections in Swaziland has been contested. Various political formations argue that elections have been, at best, a pseudo democratic process, because they were not based on a concrete democratic framework. Elections...
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Research Reports: Reviewing SA Provincial Education Budgets, 2004 to 2010
[2008 July 14]
By: Russell Wildeman and Kate Lefko-Everett
This paper provides a review of South African national and provincial education budgets, with the aims of: first, surveying main expenditure trends in education; second, understanding the social and fiscal...
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Articles: Vacancies within the Governance and AIDS Programme (GAP)
[2008 July 11]
The Governance and AIDS Programme (GAP) is an internationally recognised research and policy advocacy unit within Idasa, which addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS on governance processes in Africa. Idasa-GAP works with various high-level policy makers,...
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Articles: Haiti’s Transitional Government: Lessons for Zimbabwe?
[2008 July 09]
Opinion piece by: Colin Felsman
Zimbabwe is currently at a political impasse. Although the dynamics of the current political and economic malaise in Zimbabwe are distinct, it could be useful to consider the experiences of other countries that have faced similar challenges...
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News Flash: Zimbabwe News flashes for June 2008
[2008 June 30]
These news flashes aim to shed light and provide analysis on the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe, by considering the situation, actors, and dynamics in that country. If you would like to subscribe to daily updates, please contact Emily.
Zim News Flash...
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Press Release: Press Statement on the Implications of the Presidential Run-off in Zimbabwe
[2008 June 30]
Issued June 30, 2008
In the wake of the March 29 Harmonised Elections in Zimbabwe, Idasa expressed concern at the increasing militarization of the situation on the ground in the country. Idasa further exhorted the Zimbabwe government to avoid...
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Occasional Papers: Post Conflict Police Reform in SA & other African Countries
[2008 June 26]
By Yvette Geyer
In democratic states evolving in Africa, issues of personal safety are paramount and weak states find it hard to provide the necessary services to citizens to make them feel safe. On the other hand this very instability encourages...
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