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SECRETARIAT: | PersonnelCentre for Defence and Security Management, South AfricaGavin CawthraProfessor Gavin Cawthra holds the Chair in Defence and Security Management at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management (P&DM) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Management which co-ordinates a Southern African network of institutions carrying out education and research on security management and transformation, peacekeeping and peace-building. He is a former Director of the Graduate School of Public and Development Management, and was previously co-ordinator of the Military Research Group, Director of the Committee on South African War Resistance, and Research Officer at the International Defence and Aid Fund (UK). Gavin Cawthra holds a PhD from the University of London and a BA Honours (cum laude) from the University of Natal. He has published six books as well as numerous journal and other articles, and his publications have been translated into several languages. The books he has written include: The Apartheid War Machine; Namibia: the Facts; Policing South Africa and Securing South Africa’s Democracy. Having spent many years in exile during the apartheid period, he was active in the liberation movement, specialising in research into security issues. He has lectured in more than 20 countries in Africa and wider afield and has received a number of international scholarships, research grants and awards. A consultant to government, NGOs and international organisations, Professor Cawthra lectures at the Graduate School of Public and Development Management in policy studies and security studies. Shirley MaganoShirley Magano manages CDSM, and assists the director with co-ordinating the SADSEM network. She holds a diploma in personnel management from Damelin Management College, a professional certificate in public management from P&DM, and a master's degree in public and development management from the same institution. She has conducted research on the role of civil society in post-apartheid defence policy-making. She has extensive administrative, financial and organisational skills, and has co-ordinated various multinational conferences and seminars convened by CDSM. Anthoni van NieuwkerkAnthoni van Nieuwkerk is an associate professor based at the Centre for Defence and Security Management, Graduate School of Public and Development Management (P&DM) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a B Proc and MA (Political Studies) from the University of Johannesburg and a PhD from Wits University on foreign policy decision-making. He has worked at various academic institutions and between 1994 and 1999 managed the research programme of the Institute for Global Dialogue. At Wits, he is a member of a team coordinating the research and training activities of the Southern African Defence and Security Management (SADSEM) network. He teaches on the graduate school’s Masters programme and serves as the school’s research director. He is co-editor of three books and a regular contributor to journals and books. He is a guest lecturer and external examiner at various South and Southern African academic training institutions. He is a research member and coordinator of various regional research projects funded by international donors. Research interests include international relations, public policy and foreign policy analysis, and defence and security policy in Africa. Lekoa Solly MolloProf (Maj Gen {Rtd}) Solly Mollo is the adjunct professor at CDSM. He holds masters' degrees in international and national security from the Naval Postgraduate School in the United States and a B.Luris from University of the Western Cape. He is a registered doctoral student at the University of the Witwatersrand. He served as the Chief Director Human Resources Management at SANDF. He is the former Commandant of the South African Military Academy. After the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, Prof Mollo joined the SANDF as an integrated Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) member. He is known for his work on the integration and transformation of military forces, both locally and internationally, and also has extensive experience in the field of strategic planning. He has facilitated the security sector transformation for several African defence forces and was member of a team that developed a strategy for Regional Defence Co-operation. Prof Mollo participated in the establishment of the Defence Management Programme at the University of Witwatersrand. He is currently the President of the South African Military History Commission (under UNESCO). In 2003 the University of Stellenbosch appointed him as Professor Extraordinaire. His research interests include civil-military relations, leadership, military history, strategy and regional security issues. Martha RobinsonMartha Robinson is project co-ordinator at CDSM. She holds a certificate in programme and project management from the University of the Witwatersrand and a diploma in banking from Birnam Business College, and is currently a BA student at Wits Plus. She has served as personal assistant to the director of P&DM, and human resources administrator in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Human Resources Directorate. AssociatesPaulino MacaringueBrig-Gen Paulino Macaringue holds a master's degree in defence and security analysis from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom, a master’s degree in military science from the Frunze Academy in the former USSR, and an honours degree in history from Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique. He is currently a doctoral student at the University of the Witwatersrand. He helped to draft the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement for the DRC, and has been involved in the Peace Building Initiative in Burundi, mediation and conciliation in Lesotho, the OAU fact-finding mission to the Comoros, and the Somalia demilitarisation planning unit, and has acted as military consultant to UNOGBIS (Guinea Bissau). He served as co-ordinator of the SADC task force that drafted the Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ on Politics, Defence & Security (SIPO) and the Mutual Defence Pact. He has participated in various Frontline States/Inter-State Defence and Security Committee (ISDSC) sessions; OAU/AU conflict prevention, management and peace-building initiatives; and efforts to operationalise the AU Peace and Security agenda. His research interests include southern African politics and international relations, conflict prevention and resolution processes and Mozambique defence history. Louis FisherLieut-Gen (Rtd) Louis Fisher holds an MBA from the University of Botswana and an MPA from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and is a registered doctoral student at the University of the Witwatersrand. He spent 28 years in the Botswana Defence Force, and has worked extensively within the AU and SADC security structures. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College (USCGSC), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the United States Army War College (USAWC), Carlisle, Pennsylvania; and the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California. Janine RauchJanine has degrees in Criminology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and from Cambridge University, England. She has researched and published extensively on police reform and crime prevention in South Africa. In the early 1990’s she worked at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (a Johannesburg-based NGO), facilitating relationship-building partnerships between police and communities in various parts of the country, and conducted research on police training. After South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, she was appointed as an adviser to the Minister of Safety & Security, where she was responsible for aspects of the transformation of policing such as recruit training, labour relations and amalgamation of the eleven apartheid police forces into the new SA Police Service. In 1996, she was appointed Chief Director of Policy in the National Department of Safety & Security, where one of her tasks was to co-ordinate the development of the country’s National Crime Prevention Strategy. After leaving the public service, Janine taught one semester at the University of Alaska and then returned to the Centre for the Study of Violence to set up their consulting wing. Since 2003, Janine has worked as an independent consultant, advising a variety of government and donor agencies on crime reduction and security sector reform strategies in Southern Africa and elsewhere. In 2004-5 she managed a global research project on police accountability for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, based in New Delhi, India. She is currently working with DFID and Idasa to support the police reform process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Centre for Security Studies, AngolaColonel Manual J.A Correia De BarrosReserve Colonel of the Angolan Armed Forces, founder and deputy chairman of the Executive Council of the Strategic Studies Centre of Angola - CEEA. He was, since December 1975, a FAPLA (Liberation of Angola People’s Armed Forces) officer. Among other assignments and participation in the more important operations against rebel forces, trough the late 70’s and 80’s, he was Commander of the Navy Forces in Kuando Kubango, Chief of Operations Division of the Angolan Navy, Chief of Staff of the Benguela Railroad Defence Command, Chief of Military Sciences Department (GHQ FAPLA Operations Division), and Chief of FAPLA General Headquarters and the Centre of Operational Direction (PCC/CDO). On 1989 he was transferred to the Reconnaissance and Information Division. His last active military assignment, till 2004, was Chief of Information and Analysis Department of FAA (Angolan Armed Forces) Military Intelligence Services. Since 2001, and as a member of CEEA, he produced many studies, conferences, articles and interviews on different places and forums, about politics, strategy, security, DDR, conflicts and conflicts resolution. Centre for Strategic Studies, BotswanaProf Mpho G MolomoProf Mpho G Molomo is the director of the Centre for Strategic Studies, housed in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies of the University of Botswana. He holds a BA from the University of Botswana, an MA and MAIA from Ohio University in the United States , and a PhD from Boston University in the Uniteed States. He previously served as head of the Department of Political and Administrative Studies, director of the Democracy Research Project, and acting dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Botswana. He has also been a visiting scholar at various universities outside Botswana. His research interests are include state and land development and tenure; Southern African politics; democratisation in southern Africa ; security sector governance and democracy; political parties and electoral systems; and ethnicity and politics. He has published extensively in all these areas. He has served on observer missions for various elections in the region. He is an external examiner for various SADC institutions, and conducts training course for defence and security sector practitioners, civil society groups, government officials, and members of parliament in Botswana. Gabriel G G MalebangGabriel G G Malebang is the administrative / research officer at the Centre for Strategic Studies. He holds a BA in social sciences (double major in public administration & political science) from the University of Botswana , and is currently studying for a master's degree in public and development management at the Wits P&DM. His research interests include international relations, democracy, public policy, peace studies, defence and security management, economic development, and security sector governance. He is involved in the day-to-day administration of the centre, and organises short executive courses and workshops. Centre for Security Studies, MalawiBrigadier-General Misheck ChirwaBrigadier-General Misheck Colyns Chirwa is a researcher and lecturer at He is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, and the Command and General Staff College (USCGSC) at Fort Leavenworth in the United States. He has conducted research on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Malawi Defence Force. His research interests include peace and security issues in southern Africa and Malawi 's national security strategy. Joel LuhangaJoel Luhanga lectures in resource economics and environmental management at Mzuzu University. He co-ordinates security studies at the university, and also manages SADSEM in Malawi. He holds a master's degree in forest economics from the University of Helsinki, and a BSc from the University of Wales. He has attended certificate courses in civil-military relations and defence and security management at Wits University. He has also completed a certificate course in managing defence in a democracy at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Defence and Security Management Project, MozambiqueJoão Paulo Borges CoelhoDr João Paulo Borges Coelho is the director of the Defence and Security Management Project, and professor of history at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. He holds an honours degree from Eduardo Mondlane University, and a doctorate from the University of Bradford. He has conducted and published research on rural policies and development, land mines, the colonial and civil wars in Mozambique, and the demobilisation and reintegration of ex-combatants. His research interests include the social and economic history of Mozambique; and colonial and post-colonial wars in southern Africa. He has also published four novels and two volumes of short stories. Amélia SoutoDr Amélia Souto is an associate member of SADSEM Mozambique. She is a senior researcher at the Centre for African Studies, and holds a doctorate from the New University of Lisbon. Her research interests include the political, institutional and military history of Mozambique , both colonial and post-colonial; and political and security aspects of regional integration in Southern Africa . Ricardo TimbeLt-Col Ricardo Timbe is an associate of SADSEM Mozambique. He is attached to the Ministry of Defence and holds a master's degree (LLM) in international law and international relations. His research interests include environmental issues within the region, in relation with human security and legislation. Helena AzevedoHelena Azevedo is the administrative assistant of the Defence and Security Management Project. She formerly served as an administrative official at the Ministry of Education.
Defence and Security Management Project, NamibiaAndré du PisaniDr André du Pisani manages the Defence and Security Management Project, and is dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management Science of the University of Namibia. He was educated in Namibi, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, and holds a doctorate from the University of Cape Town. His research interests include the politics of Southern Africa, conflict, ethics and democratic theory. He has published widely on Namibia, southern Africa, and democratic consolidation. He is a published poet and a keen photographer whose work has been shown in southern Africa. Defence and Security Management Subcentre, Centre for Foreign Relations, TanzaniaProf Abillah H OmariProf Abillah H Omari is the director of the Mozambique/Tanzania Centre for Foreign Relations in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania , and Professor of Strategic Studies. From 1977 to 1987 he worked with his country's secretariat on the Inter-State Defence and Security Committee of the then Front Line States. Prof Omari holds a PhD from Dalhousie University , Halifax , Canada . He has researched and published widely on Southern African security studies. Lucy ShuleLucy Shule is a She is a researcher in the Dar es Salaam subcentre of the SADSEM network, and an assistant lecturer in the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy of the CFR. She holds an MA in international relations from the University of Dar es Salaam . Her research areas and academic engagements include, among others, conflict resolution, Tanzania's foreign policy and diplomacy; gender equity and equality interventions, and international law. Defence and Security Project, ZambiaBizeck Jube PhiriProf Bizeck Jube Phiri is dean of and senior lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zambia, and manages the Defence and Security Project. He holds a batchelor's and master's degree in education from the University of Zambia, and a doctorate from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. He has worked at the University of Zambia since 1983, serving as assistant dean in the School of Education; head of the Department of History; assistant dean in the School of Humanities and Social Science; and dean of student affairs. He has received a number of fellowships and scholarships, which have given him the opportunity to travel to the United States and Europe. He has published widely on Zambia's political history. He is currently conducting research for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)/Monash University Parliamentary Studies Programme. Centre for Defence Studies, University of ZimbabweBassie (Lucky) BangidzaLieut-Col Bassie (Lucky) Bangidza is the director of the Centre for Defence Studies. He has served in various capacities in the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, and as commandant of the Zimbabwean Army School of Education; a staff member of the SADC Regional Peace Keeping Training Centre (RPTC); staff officer responsible for personnel and administration at the SADC Allied Task Force Headquarters in Kinshasa, DRC; and strategic co-ordinator in the Zimbabwean Ministry of Defence. His research interests include peace-building, leadership, national security, state security, sustainable development, human security, conflict management and governance, and he lectures on these subjects at various institutions of higher learning in Zimbabwe. He holds a diploma in education, batchelor's degree from Lake Head University in Canada and a master's degree in peace, leadership and governance from Africa University, and is registered for a doctorate at the University of Zimbabwe. He has attended a UN staff officers' course and an executive national security programme at Galilee College in Israel. |
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