PublicationsResearchInequalities, Transitional Justice, Violence PreventionConducting Participatory Action Research with Apartheid Survivors: Lessons from 'Addressing Socioeconomic Drivers of Violence in Khulumani Communities'In 2015–2016, the apartheid survivors’ organisation Khulumani Support Group in the Western Cape (KSGWC) and its partner the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) set out to explore new ways for a victims’ group and a nongovernmental organisation to work together on addressing socioeconomic exclusion in the context of political transition. Seeking to deepen their levels of… Read More Jasmina BrankovicApril 17, 2017
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Violence Prevention#Hashtag: An Analysis of the #FeesMustFall Movement at South African UniversitiesThis study explores the dynamics of students’ protests in South Africa order to understand the manifestations of violence and the sequence of events within each university during #FeesMustFall. It provides analyses of the #FeesMustFall protests in nine universities: the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), University of Zululand, Rhodes University, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus),… Read More CSVRMarch 10, 2017
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Violence PreventionEvidence-Based Strategies for the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa: A Case Study of CSVRFrom 2013 to 2015, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) partnered with the Nisaa Institute for Women’s Development in Orange Farm (Gauteng), the Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Project (TVEP) in Limpopo, the Loskop community in KwaZulu-Natal and the Bo-Kaap community in the Western Cape to pilot various community-based interventions to prevent and eradicate gender-based violence (GBV). The… Read More CSVRAugust 8, 2016
PolicyPublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Violence PreventionMapping Local Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response Strategies in South AfricaThis report evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of initiatives the South African government has implemented to address gender-based violence (GBV), among other forms of violence, in an effort to rebuild and heal South African communities from the traumas of the past. GBV has been acknowledged as a major concern, as reflected in the Crime Prevention Strategy adopted in 1996. The… Read More CSVRAugust 8, 2016
PublicationsResearchReparations and Victim Services, Torture and State ViolenceStories of Torture Survivors Who Sought Redress in Post-Apartheid South AfricaThis report forms part of a broader Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation attempt to understand changing patterns of torture in the new South Africa. The report looks only at experiences of torture amongst young black males in South Africa who have brought civil claims against police through court processes. It looks at all the steps and challenges… Read More Malose LangaJuly 14, 2016
PublicationsResearchGangs, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Torture and State ViolenceIntegrating Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation into Policy-Oriented Research: Lessons from CSVR's Urban Violence ProjectIn line with its commitment to incorporating learning into its monitoring and evaluation practices, in 2013 CSVR introduced developmental evaluation based on facilitated learning exercises into one of its research projects. The Urban Violence project aimed to increase understanding of the role of the Community Work Programme (CWP), a South African public employment initiative, in reducing crime and violence, as… Read More Jasmina BrankovicMay 6, 2016
