The African Union Commission (Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) in collaboration with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Togo (HCRRUN) will be convening the 6th edition of…
About 40% of the 6 424 murders between April and June this year were gun-related, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced when he released crime statistics. Cele said it was shown that firearms were three times more likely than other weapons…
Lip-service celebration of women in present-day South Africa, while they remain marginalized and often disenfranchised and disempowered is a disservice to the 20 000 women in their diversity, who bravely marched in unison to the State Union Buildings in Pretoria on…
Landmark Women's Month exhibition launches on 11 August with Ukraine-South African dialogue event. The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation and Ukrainian Association of South Africa are bringing a specially curated exhibition, "The Womanly Face of War", to cities across South…
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation strongly condemns the heavy handedness of the South African Police and law enforcement agencies, particularly the use of live ammunition to control the protesters in Tembisa on Monday 1 August 2022….
Among the worst crimes of conflict are the scourge of rape and sexual violations as weapons of war. Without deprioritising attention to women and girls, equal acknowledgement must be given to men and boys and/including LGBTQI+ people as victims of…