Opening Address: Jakkie Cilliers For ISS Conference on “Policing in South Africa: Key Issues and Developments

This document is an opening address delivered by Jakkie Cilliers of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on 31 October 2007. The speech outlines the ISS's regional security initiatives across Africa and discusses the challenges of policing, crime statistics, and security preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

• The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) provides capacity building and policy support to Interpol subregional bureaus, specifically SARPCCO in Harare and EAPCCO in Nairobi. Support for SARPCCO includes training on peacekeeping, HIV/Aids awareness, and violence against women and children, as well as policy work on counter-terrorism, money laundering, and the control of small arms and light weapons.
• The ISS is implementing a five million euro project funded by the Government of Germany to combat cattle rustling in Eastern Africa. The project focuses on Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, aiming to eradicate cross-border illicit activities.
• The ISS is conducting a three-year project funded by DFID (UK) to review crime and criminal justice systems in five African countries, including Zambia, Tanzania, Benin, and Mali, to support the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process.
• In Addis Ababa, the ISS runs a multi-million dollar counter-terrorism capacity building programme for IGAD, which involves policing work and is based on a Heads of State agreement.
• Cilliers argues that high crime levels in South Africa are not primarily a police problem but are underpinned by failures in governance and poor delivery in local government, schools, education, welfare, and housing.
• South Africa possesses detailed and largely accurate crime statistics compared to many other African countries, where police-recorded figures are often unavailable or unreliable. To complement official data, the ISS is conducting a national victimization survey funded by the Open Society Foundation and the Government of Ireland.
• There are concerns regarding the South African Police Service (SAPS) adopting a defensive and limited media engagement approach, alongside worrying trends of corruption and a shift toward convictions based on confession rather than evidence.
• The ISS is studying the capacity of the SAPS and related structures to provide security for public gatherings in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which is described as the largest and most diverse event hosted by democratic South Africa.

APA

Cilliers, J. (2007). Opening Address: Jakkie Cilliers For ISS Conference on “Policing in South Africa: Key Issues and Developments. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/POLCONFJKCNOV07.PDF

Chicago

Cilliers, Jakkie. Opening Address: Jakkie Cilliers For ISS Conference on “Policing in South Africa: Key Issues and Developments. Institute for Security Studies, 2007. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/POLCONFJKCNOV07.PDF.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{cilliers2007opening, author = {Cilliers, Jakkie}, title = {{Opening Address: Jakkie Cilliers For ISS Conference on “Policing in South Africa: Key Issues and Developments}}, publisher = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2007}, month = oct, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/POLCONFJKCNOV07.PDF}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }