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Public order policing in a changing African political environment
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| Day two: 4 October 2011 |
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| 08:00 |
Arrival & registration |
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| 08:30 |
Opening & welcome: David Peddle, programme director, defenceWeb |
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| 08:40 |
The changes wrought to the SAPS public order police unit from 2006, and what is required to make them function at an optimal level once again |
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Bilkis Omar
Research Consultant: Policing, Crime & Security
African Research Insight |
| The presentation will show by examining the past history of public order policing in South Africa, what and how the police need to do to be able to operate in the increasingly complex world South Africa lives in, with regard to public order situations. |
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| 09:10 |
The role and functioning of public order policing today |
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Brig. Happy Schutte
Provincial head, operational response service
SAPS |
| The role and functioning of public order policing in South Africa today. |
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| 09:40 |
Panel discussion |
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| 10:20 |
Tea & networking |
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| 10:50 |
The public gatherings Act 2000 – should it change? |
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Sean Tait
Co-ordinator
African Police Civillian Oversight Forum
Presenting with
Professor Monique Marks
University of UKZ-N |
| The key questions to be explored are: why has this reversion to violence occurred in the policing of public order? Has the nature of demonstrations changed? Is our gatherings legislation no longer equipped to deal with new demands? Have we neglected building the capacity and skill of crowd marshals and the ongoing training required by the police? Has there been a gradual erosion of police public order capacity through the ongoing restructuring that has taken place within the public order police unit? Has the shift to a more ‘tough on crime’ approach led to a decline in sensibility of peaceful outcomes within the police? |
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| 11:30 |
When human rights congregate with public order policing – an African perspective |
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Ilyayambwa Mwanawina
Lecturer,
Public law & legal philosphy, faculty of law, NWU |
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| 12:00 |
Police service training for a new era |
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Col. Feizal Ally |
| Col Ally will take a look at SAPS training methods and how they relate to modern South African conditions as well as new weapons and ammunitions and show the connection with the practical realities on the ground. |
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| 12:40 |
Panel discussion |
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| 13:20 |
Lunch & networking |
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| 14:20 |
The appropriate use of less lethal weapons and restraint technologies in public order policing |
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Abi Dymond
Omega Research Foundation |
| This presentation draws on research conducted for, and present some of the preliminary findings of, a European Commission funded project on the appropriate use of force and policing technologies. It presents a set of interim recommendations for law enforcement policy makers-and other interested audiences-which aim to concretely apply international soft law, such as the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms, to a range of less lethal and restraint technologies in use today, including for public order purposes. |
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| 15:00 |
Rheinmetall Denel Munition demonstration: less than lethal crowd control solutions |
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Bruce Botma, Willie Erasmus, Marius De Bruin |
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| 15:40 |
Panel discussion |
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| 16:20 |
Final thoughts from the chairman |
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| 17:00 |
Conference closing |
