ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Inequalities, Violence PreventionPress Release: Violence Related to the FeesMustFall CampaignThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) stands in support of the call for fair, equitable and affordable higher education in South Africa and welcomes the 0% increase announced by the president. This however is a small victory within a larger battle for social justice. CSVR is alarmed by the government’s initial nonchalant response to the students’… Read More CSVROctober 22, 2015
ArticlesMediaAfrican Union, Transitional JusticeAfrican Union and CSVR Sign Memorandum of UnderstandingThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Union Commission (AUC). The document that formalises the long standing institutional relationship between the two entities was signed on the margins of the significant 50th Anniversary Commemorations of the Organisation of African Union (OAU) in… Read More CSVRMay 20, 2013
ArticlesMediaGangs, Inequalities, PolicingMore than Gangsterism, Structural Violence Is the IssueAnnouncing that President Zuma would not deploy the army to intervene in Cape Flats gang wars, his spokesman Mac Maharaj noted that the president “has directed ministers in the social and economic sectors to study the situation and look for long-term solutions that promote sustainable development and stable communities.” The president should be held to this commitment to look beyond… Read More Jasmina BrankovicFebruary 27, 2013
ArticlesMediaPolicingPress Release: CSVR Submission to Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on Police Use of Lethal ForcePolice use of lethal force should be based on ‘protection of life’ principle. In the run up to Parliamentary hearings on legislation dealing with the use of lethal force by police the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation has called for the use of lethal force by police to be based on a ‘protection of life’ principle. The… Read More CSVRAugust 8, 2011
ArticlesMediaPolicingPress Release: South Africa Requires a More Professional Approach to the Use of Force by PoliceIn several recent statements Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa and the National Commissioner, General Bheki Cele, have called for tougher and more forceful policing. This approach to the use of force is ill advised and will be counterproductive for both the police and the public in South Africa. Instead police need to be supported in attaining professional standards in the… Read More CSVRJuly 7, 2011
ArticlesMediaReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePress Release: SACTJ Submission to Department of Justice on ReparationsOn 11 May 2011, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development gazetted regulations for the payment of educational assistance and health benefits exclusively to victims identified by the TRC. The regulations were gazetted after only a very superficial consultation process with victims and other stakeholders and do not address the key concerns expressed by these stakeholders. The South African… Read More CSVRJune 10, 2011
