ArticlesMediaInequalities, Policing, Violence PreventionPress Release: Violence as the Currency for Communities to Purchase Entrenched Human Rights Must ChangeThe Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is disturbed about the recent increase in political violence and the escalating collective violence around the country such as has been seen in the Tshwane area. Read More CSVRJune 27, 2016
MediaVideosViolence PreventionThe Role of the Orange Farm Community Work Programme in Preventing ViolenceThis CSVR video explores the role of the public employment programme, Community Work Programme, in violence prevention efforts in South Africa. Read More CSVRApril 9, 2016
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
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
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
