President Mbeki's State of the Nation address earlier this month appears to reflect a shift in government's approach and attitude towards crime, partly in response to public pressure and despair at continuing high levels of violence. Government has devoted major…
The subsequent CSVR 2007 annual report is an overview of CSVR thematic programmes, board of directors and members of staff, human resources, financials, supporters, partners as well as publications.
Thousands of Zimbabwean women have been subjected to several forms of torture, including rape, throughout the country's current political, economic and humanitarian crisis, according to a previous report produced by the Zimbabwe Torture Victims and Survivors Project. The report was…
In his Nelson Mandela memorial lecture in late July, President Thabo Mbeki expressed concern about the dominance of acquisitive values amongst South Africans. Mbeki stated that the new political order had inherited from the apartheid years 'a well-entrenched value system…
In his Nelson Mandela memorial lecture on 29 July, President Thabo Mbeki expressed concern about an acquisitive spirit which has taken root amongst South Africans. Mbeki talked of a situation where 'personal wealth, and the public communication of the message…
Since 2001 official policy has been that crime statistics will only be released with the publication of the South African Police Service annual report in September. This means that the most current crime statistics in the public domain are already…