PublicationsResearchMigrants and Xenophobia, Violence PreventionRace-ing Xenophobic Violence: Engaging Social Representations of the Black African Body in Postapartheid South AfricaThis article draws on the postcolonial theories of Frantz Fanon and Steve Biko to understand and critique the predominantly negative social representations of black foreign nationals in South Africa. These social representations are used for the legitimation of xenophobia and other violent attacks against this group. The article argues that the politics of race, language, gender and class underpin these… Read More Malose LangaMarch 13, 2016
PublicationsResearchSocial Cohesion, Violence PreventionThe Impact of the Community Work Programme on Violence in Orange FarmThis report is based on primary research carried out in Orange Farm (a township in Johannesburg) in 2014. It discusses the social impact of the Community Work Programme (CWP), a public employment initiative, in Orange Farm. The report contains discussion on background information about the community of Orange Farm as well as key findings of the fieldwork, including the CWP… Read More Malose LangaJuly 31, 2015
PublicationsResearchSocial Cohesion, Violence PreventionA Follow-Up Report on the Community Work Programme in BokfonteinThis report is based on primary research carried out by Malose Langa in Bokfontein (in the North West) in May 2014, and forms part of a broader study on the impact of the Community Work Program (CWP), a public employment initiative, on violence prevention. The aim of this research was to monitor how things have changed in Bokfontein since Langa's… Read More Malose LangaJuly 31, 2015
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Torture and State ViolenceAnalysis of Existing Data on Torture in South Africa with Specific Focus on Annual Reports Published by IPID and JICSCurrently, there is little information on patterns and trends of torture in South Africa. This research report seeks to fill this gap, analysing annual reports released by two government oversight bodies, namely, the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services (JICS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), over a period of five years (2007 to 2011) to try to understand patterns… Read More Malose LangaJanuary 27, 2014
PublicationsResearchPsychosocial Support, Torture and State Violence, Trauma CounsellingFinding Our Way: Developing a Community Work Model for Addressing TortureWe outline the parameters for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation's (CSVR's) approach to community intervention for torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment (CIDT) as it emerged towards the end of 2011. This model is now being implemented and carried out in three places around the Gauteng area in South Africa. In this report, we present… Read More Megan Bantjies, Malose Langa and Steffen JensenDecember 16, 2013
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Torture and State ViolenceA Methodological Dilemma: The Street Corner Approach Versus an Institutional Approach to Accessing Victims of Torture and CIDT (Appendix D)The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) developed two research projects to identify and profile survivors of current torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in the new South Africa. Two research methods were used to investigate patterns and effects of torture and victims’ access to medical, legal and psychosocial services - the street corner approach and… Read More Malose LangaDecember 16, 2013
