ArticlesMediaReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePress Release: SACTJ Calls in State to Honour Its Reparations Obligations for All VictimsOn 11 May 2011, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) 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 current proposals… Read More CSVRJune 1, 2011
ArticlesMediaPolicingPress Release: Police Brutality Was Not an Isolated IncidentThe incident of police brutality reported on SABC television on Wednesday which resulted in the death of Andries Tatane raises important concerns. Police who are dealing with service delivery protests or other demonstrations are often responding to very heated and highly charged situations. Nevertheless as members of the national police service we expect no less of them than that they… Read More CSVRApril 15, 2011
ArticlesMediaReparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticePress Release: Concourt Upholds Right to Express the TruthIn a landmark judgment handed down today the Constitutional Court upheld the rights of victims of apartheid era abuses, as well as the media and public, to speak the truth about crimes amnestied by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The Court held that truth-telling was the moral base of the transition from the injustice of apartheid to democracy and… Read More CSVRApril 8, 2011
ArticlesMediaStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Violence PreventionDoes Anyone in Charge Care About Violence?Two years after the completion of a substantial study into violent crime in SA, the government has still not shown any constructive response, writes David Bruce. The government has been far more responsive to the violence impacting on the middle class and formal business sector than to violence as it impacts on the poor. Last week was a difficult one… Read More CSVRNovember 21, 2010
ArticlesMediaProsecutions and Pardons, Reparations and Victim Services, Transitional JusticeVictims Left Out of the EquationThe Department of Justice and Constitutional Development recently published a list of names of those who have been recommended for special political pardons. The purpose of the publication of these names is to give victims of these crimes an opportunity to engage with the process. This is an important step in the continuing process of lobbying and advocacy among political… Read More CSVRNovember 10, 2010
ArticlesMediaStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Violence PreventionPress Release: Nothing New? The Study on the Violent Nature of Crime1. The CSVR crime study is of considerable value in taking forward the debate about how to respond to violent crime. The overall ‘integrated view’ of key aspects of the problem of violence is an important achievement of the study and takes the study beyond anything that has been done on the subject in South Africa. The CSVR study is… Read More CSVRNovember 10, 2010
