ArticlesMediaOur News and EventsMEDIA STATEMENT: GAUTENG FEMICIDE CASES AND THE FOURTH SOUTHERN AFRICA GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) PREVENTION FORUMThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is deeply alarmed by, and strongly condemns, the discovery of at least seven women’s bodies over the past two months in the Kempton Park and Olifantsfontein areas of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This disturbing pattern, emerging amid escalating violence against women in South Africa, is another attack on women’s rights, dignity, and… Read More CSVRSeptember 16, 2026
ArticlesMediaOur News and EventsCSVR Announces New Executive DirectorThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is pleased to announce that Ms Teresa Yates will assume the role of Executive Director, effective 1 August 2026. Ms Yates' extensive legal career spans strategic litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and policy reform. She has led key structural design frameworks for the South African Department of Land Affairs, advocating for… Read More CSVRJuly 30, 2026
MediaVideosClimate Change, climate justice, Transitional JusticeVideo: Rethinking Climate JusticeClimate justice is at a turning point. While some of the world’s major emitters are stepping back from climate commitments, communities that have contributed least to climate change are suffering some of its most severe impacts. These impacts often intersect with or exacerbate other existing conflicts, violence, and socio-economic or political marginalisation, further intensifying vulnerabilities of local populations. In response,… Read More CSVRJune 23, 2026
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Gender-based Violence, Violence PreventionWhen Yes is Not Free – Power Coercion and Consent in South AfricaWHEN “YES” IS NOT FREE: POWER, COERCION, AND CONSENT IN SOUTH AFRICA Nearly seven women are killed by an intimate partner every day, a figure that has remained unchanged since 2009, placing South Africa among the countries with the highest femicide rates in the world. At the same time, more than 100,000 girls between the ages of 10 and 19… Read More Mary Izobo and Cathy-Ann PotgieterApril 10, 2026
ArticlesMediaInequalities, ReconciliationRights on Paper, Inequality in Practice: South Africa's 30 Years of Unfinished Constitutional PromiseRights on Paper, Inequality in Practice: South Africa’s 30 Years of Unfinished Constitutional Promise Thirty years after the adoption of South Africa’s Final Constitution – hailed as one of the most progressive in the world; the question remains: Has it delivered meaningful socio-economic transformation for the majority of its people? The Constitution of South Africa, together with its justiciable Bill… Read More Annah Moyo-KupetaMarch 30, 2026
ArticlesMediaOur News and EventsGender-based Violence, Psychosocial Support, Trauma Counselling, Violence and TraumaIn the Shadow of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma of Families in Search of Healing and JusticeIn the Shadow of Femicide: The Unseen Trauma of Families in Search of Healing and Justice This article is published as part of the CSVR Justice Op-Ed Series for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The Bolwana* and Vayo* families are currently at odds with one another over the murder of their first granddaughter, who was brutally killed… Read More Lethabo MotloungDecember 15, 2025
