Parliaments’ Contributions to Security Sector Governance/Reform and the Sustainable Development Goals

Dr Wilhelm Janse Van Rensburg is a researcher at the Parliament of South Africa, specialising in parliamentary oversight of defence. He holds a PhD in Military Science from Stellenbosch University and a Master’s degree in Security Studies (MSS) from the University of Pretoria. He is a research fellow at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA) at Stellenbosch University.

Nicolette completed her Master’s in Philosophy, specialising in Political Management at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) in 2003 and worked in politics for several years as campaign manager. She entered into formal research at the Western Cape Provincial Legislature before moving to the National Parliament of South Africa where she has been specialising in policing oversight for the past 10 years.

Lindy Heinecken is the former Chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology and from 2022 serves as Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She lectures in political and industrial sociology, with a research interest in armed forces and society. Her recent book is titled South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Military: Lost in Transition and Transformation. She serves on numerous academic boards, including the Council of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS) and is currently the President of the International Sociological Association (ISA) Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution Research Committee (RC01). She is a National Research Foundation B rated researcher. She is also a Certified Sociological Practitioner, Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology accredited by the International Sociological Association.