MediaOur News and EventsViolence PreventionHow Communities Heal WorkshopCSVR is hosting a workshop on personal healing and transformation for effective community intervention on 30 June 2015. Read More CSVRJune 22, 2015
MediaOur News and EventsCorrectional Services, Policing, Study on the Violent Nature of CrimeEvent Transcript: Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster BriefingThis is a transcript of a Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster briefing that took place in Pretoria on 15 August 2008. Panel: Minister for Safety and Security Charles Nqakula Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development Brigitte Mabandla Deputy Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development Johnny de Lange Date: 25 August 2008 Venue: Room 153, Union Buildings, Pretoria Harold Maloka:… Read More CSVRAugust 25, 2008
MediaOur News and EventsTransitional Justice, Violence PreventionReview of "A Nation Without Guns," by CSVR Executive Director Adèle KirstenKirsten, Adèle, 2007. A Nation Without Guns? The Story of Gun Free South Africa. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. xx 244 pp. ISBN 9781869141356. Feinstein, Andrew, 2007. After the Party: A Personal and Political Journey Inside the ANC. Johannesburg: Jonathan Bull. xiv 287 pp. ISBN 9781868422623. From very different standpoints, these authors have written two fascinating accounts of South African… Read More CSVRJune 11, 2008
MediaOur News and EventsTransitional JusticeTruth and Reconciliation: Lessons from the South African contextI have been asked to address you today on South Africa's experiences with its Truth and Reconciliation Commission and to share, from the perspective of South African civil society, some of the lessons learned which may be of relevance as Liberia embarks on its own TRC process. The South African TRC was launched well over a decade ago, and since… Read More CSVRJune 23, 2006
MediaOur News and EventsTransitional JusticeThe TRC and Apartheid Beneficiaries in a New DispensationIntroduction Reconciliation requires a commitment, especially by those who have benefited and continue to benefit from past discrimination, to the transformation of unjust inequalities and dehumanising poverty. TRC Report, Vol. 5, Ch. 9 The challenge is clear, but how do we make this requirement for reconciliation a reality? How do we bridge the gap between the transformation ideal advocated in… Read More CSVROctober 27, 2000
