26 Apr 2012The Afrobarometer survey conducted in South Africa towards the end of 2011 provides interesting insights into the charachteristics of South African citizens and their percpetions of society and the country's democracy. ...

10 Apr 2012Idasa issues a statement raising concerns about the continued rebellion in the North of the country and declaring its optimism about the African led drive to re-install a civilian government ...

10 Apr 2012Idasa releases a statement to convey its condolences on the passing of the late President wa Mutarika and congratulates Malawi with its swift transition to a new President, Joyce Banda.

29 Mar 2012The Afrobarometer survey conducted in South Africa towards the end of 2011 provides interesting insights into the charachteristics of protests and protestors in South Africa. A recent surge in protests ...

26 Mar 2012Idasa releases a statement condemning the military coup in Mali and calling for the return to office of democratic leadership.

22 Feb 2012Bryan Sims, political analyst with Idasa's States in Transition Observatory, provides an insightful appeal for inclusiveness in the new government in Liberia in order to ensure stability and avert renewd ...

29 Aug 2011This report, by the Harare-based Research and Advocacy Unit, examines politically motivated violence against women in Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2010. Download the report below for more information.

07 Mar 2011This report by Themba Shabangu, manager of Idasa’s Safety and Security Programme, is a comparative inquiry into the nature of violence and crime in Mozambique and South Africa.

04 Mar 20114 March 2010  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media release: Police accountability cannot be avoided this timeIdasa notes with extreme concern what appears to have been an unauthorised raid by the police ...

15 Feb 2011The Community of Democracies (CD) is an intergovernmental organization of democracies and democratizing countries committed to strengthening and deepening democracy worldwide. Inaugurated in 2000 in Warsaw where its Permanent Secretariat ...

21 Jan 2011"Fear of Crime in South Africa", a Afrobarometer paper examines South African crime data, the justice system, and community tensions about crime, and makes an assessment of the strength of ...

03 Dec 2010The Afrobarometer survey on political opinion has contributed to the controversy over Brandon Huntly’s disputed refugee status based on racial violence against white South Africans by pointing out that its ...

07 May 2010Crime affects everyone in South Africa. We all want to live in peaceful communities. Creating them is not only the work of the police, but of every citizen. Different communities ...

30 Nov 2009Gauteng’s Department of Community Safety contracted SSU to work in two district municipalities (West Rand and Metsweding District Municipalities) and in two metropolitan municipalities (Tshwane and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipalities). The ...

30 Nov 2009The Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Safety and Security contracted Idasa to develop a Municipal Safety Plan for Mbombela Local Municipality. The Municipal Safety Plan is an integral part of an ...

30 Nov 2009This paper provides a resource database of international standards, concepts and guidelines relevant to police work, management and reform. It is intended primarily for Democratic Republic of Congo police officials, ...

30 Nov 2009Idasa on behalf of the Association for a Safe South Africa, is coordinating the Youth Zone Initiative to establish safe zones for young people between the ages of 12 and ...

12 Aug 2009This document constitutes the Mbombela Local Municipality’s Municipal Safety Plan (MSP). It is the first deliverable of the Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Safety, Security and Liaison (DSSL) initiative that aims ...

22 Jul 2009The thank you note of the Police expert of the SE / CSRP, the Main Inspector Dominique MANDJENGA MONINGA, on the occasion of the goodbye ceremony for the Idasa staff ...

17 Jun 2009These pamphlets from Idasa’s DRC office are available in; French, Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba outlining the civil society’s vision for supporting police reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

13 Mar 2009Idasa-DRC hosted former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, in a meeting with roleplayers in security sector reform in the DRC, on 10th March in Idasa's Kinshasa office. Mrs Robinson, who ...

17 Nov 2008By Bronwen Muller “Dispelling rumours among the 1,2 million people displaced by violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a priority for non-governmental organisation Search for Common Ground”, ...

14 Nov 2008PIMS made a submission to the Security and Constitutional Affairs Committee about the South African Police Service (‘SAPS’) Amendment Bill 30B of 2008.  Despite improvements compared to the initial version ...

26 Jun 2008By 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 ...

13 Jun 2008www.safesouthafrica.org.za South Africans annually spend R46 billion on private security 20% of all crime reported only for insurance purposes Under reporting of crimes estimated at 33 to 66% Two factors ...

30 Apr 2008Community Police and Safety Forums are two community based structures conceptualised to coordinate police community relations for effective law enforcement within a policing precinct and the multidisciplinary safety initiatives at ...

29 Apr 2008By Stefan Gilbert From the 21st to the 27th of April, the South African Embassy in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hosted a South Africa Week. The ...

23 Apr 2008The purpose of this study is to better understand the personal aspects of violent crime. The statistics and data are extensive but at the same time very limited in what ...

15 Apr 2008Idasa has been working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in support of police reform since November 2006.  Recently, an evaluation process reviewed Idasa’s work in the DRC.  ...

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28 Feb 2008By Vincenza Scherrer, UN SSR Project Coordinator Security sector reform (SSR) is a cornerstone of the peacebuilding process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Although it is generally recognised ...

28 Feb 2008Hot on the heels of the recent UK SSR sponsored workshops at the end of January 2008, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo held a two day Security ...

15 Feb 2008from MONUC: 14th February 2008 marked the official hand over of the new building to the Congolese National Police (PNC) which will house the CSRP, the executive Secretariat of the ...

13 Feb 2008Security sector reform in any country will not succeed unless there is commitment, leadership and capacity from key figures and institutions in that State, a new United Nations report says. ...

26 Jan 2008By Yvette Geyer In South Africa there has been a relatively high level of civil society involvement in the experience of police transformation.  When negotiations around transforming state structures from ...

31 Dec 2007Security Sector Reform aims to create a secure environment that is conducive to development, poverty reduction, good governance and, in particular, the growth of democratic states and institutions based on ...

30 Nov 2007This document was prepared for the International Workshop on "Enhancing UN Support for SSR in Africa: Towards an African Perspective", which was held in November 2007.  The UN has been ...

20 Nov 2007C’est avec l’hymne national que s’ouvrit la matinée de réflexion organisée dans la salle Concordia de l’Archevêché de Bukavu sous la modération de la Société Civile du Sud-Kivu. Après un ...

02 Nov 2007The efforts of the Groupe Mixte de Reflexion sur la Reforme et la Reorganization de la Police Nationale Congolaise (GMR³) laid the basis for discussions of police reform in the ...

25 Oct 2007These are inputs from the PNC and Civil Society delivered at the first dialogue workshop between the PNC and Congolese Human Rights NGO's held in Kinshas in Sept 2007.   The ...