Guarding the Guardians
Parliamentary Oversight and Civil–Military Relations:
The Challenges for SADC

Edited by Len Le Roux, Martin Rupiya and Naison Ngoma

A project of the Defence Sector Programme at the Institute for
Security Studies, funded by the Department for International
Development (DFID) of the UK government.

Book Review by Martin Rupiya, ISS

Foreword
PDF - 106kb

About the authors
PDF - 98kb

Part One
An inter-state perspective

An African perspective of the reform of the security sector since the 1990s
Martin Rupiya
PDF - 175kb

Challenges for the SADC Parliamentary Forum: Experience and contribution
Willibrod Peter Slaa
PDF - 150kb

Part Two
Parliaments at work

Parliamentary oversight of defence and security in Tanzania’s multiparty parliament
Mwesiga Baregu
PDF - 146kb

Parliamentary oversight of the South African Department of Defence: 1994 to 2003
Thandi Modise
PDF - 139kb

Parliamentary oversight on military expenditure: The Zambian case
Emanuel Chungu
PDF - 148kb

Part Three
Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?

Accountability and oversight: The role of parliament in arms transfers
Clarence Tshitereke
PDF - 200kb

Challenges for defence management in Africa
Len Le Roux
PDF - 215kb

‘Caging the lions’
Naison Ngoma
PDF - 175kb