The task team established to investigate political killings in KwaZulu-Natal has had little impact on exposing those behind the violence.
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In recent decades, most nations have agreed on certain norms to ensure peace, including an end to assassinations. Trump’s move to kill an Iranian general upends this carefully balanced system.
The book depicts how Onkgopotse Tiro’s time at Turfloop amounted to a revolutionising political script for generations to come.
Applying actual science to forensic investigations can yield substantially different results from the findings of standard methods in the field.
In the minds of many, the assassination remains a tragedy cloaked in mystery. How does this lack of closure – and the general distrust it fomented – resonate in American culture and politics today?
Generational rebellion is an enduring feature of all societies. Indeed, it is the dynamic through which societies renew themselves and move forward.
Attempts to outlaw the practice have proven difficult, thanks to a tendency on the part of leaders to skirt around the rules.
The increase in rioting ahead of municipal elections in South Africa, such as that in Pretoria, suggests that the country’s general election in 2019 could be more violent than previous elections.
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Associate Researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Intelligence and International Affairs, King's College London
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Associate Professor of History, United States Military Academy West Point
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Professor in Law and Security, University of Canberra; Stellenbosch University
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Professor Emeritus of Law, University of South Africa
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington
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Research Associate professor, University of Pretoria
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Honorary Research Associate in the School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Director Center Holocaust and Genocide Studies, United States Military Academy West Point
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham