Press Release: Violence Related To The Feesmustfall Campaign
The 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…
How Communities Heal Workshop
CSVR is hosting a workshop on personal healing and transformation for effective community intervention on 30 June 2015.
African Union And Csvr Sign Memorandum Of Understanding
The 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…
More Than Gangsterism, Structural Violence Is The Issue
Announcing 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…
Press Release: Csvr Submission To Portfolio Committee On Justice And Constitutional Development On Police Use Of Lethal Force
Police 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…