PublicationsResearchSocial Cohesion, Violence PreventionThe Impact of the Community Work Programme on Violence in Orange FarmThis report is based on primary research carried out in Orange Farm (a township in Johannesburg) in 2014. It discusses the social impact of the Community Work Programme (CWP), a public employment initiative, in Orange Farm. The report contains discussion on background information about the community of Orange Farm as well as key findings of the fieldwork, including the CWP… Read More Malose LangaJuly 31, 2015
PublicationsResearchSocial Cohesion, Violence PreventionA Follow-Up Report on the Community Work Programme in BokfonteinThis report is based on primary research carried out by Malose Langa in Bokfontein (in the North West) in May 2014, and forms part of a broader study on the impact of the Community Work Program (CWP), a public employment initiative, on violence prevention. The aim of this research was to monitor how things have changed in Bokfontein since Langa's… Read More Malose LangaJuly 31, 2015
PublicationsResearchSocial Cohesion, Violence PreventionA Case Study of the Ivory Park Community Work ProgrammeThis report is based on primary research which was conducted in Ivory Park (a township in Johannesburg) between June and September 2014. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the Community Work Programme (CWP), a public employment initiative, on violence prevention and social cohesion in the area. Read More Themba MasukuJuly 31, 2015
PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Violence PreventionPreventing Crime Through Work and Wages: The Impact of the Community Work ProgrammeThe article offers an analysis of the potential impact of the Community Work Programme (CWP), a public employment initiative, on crime and violence. The CWP may have an impact on crime and violence through a number of different ‘pathways’, one of which is through wages provided to the participants. This paper investigates this pathway, looking in particular at its gendered… Read More David BruceMay 31, 2015
PublicationsResearchTransitional JusticePractitioner Perspectives on Transitional Justice: TunisiaCSVR shares practitioners’ perspectives on transitional justice efforts in their local contexts and civil society’s role in shaping transitions. This brief presents reflections on the Tunisian experience offered by Amine Ghali, programme director of Al Kawakibi Democracy Transition Center, during a March 2015 talk in South Africa. Read More CSVRFebruary 28, 2015
PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Trauma and Transition, Trauma CounsellingCSVR Community Model: Intervening with Victims of Torture and CIDT in Kagiso, GautengThis report draws on a series of community interventions conducted in Kagiso with the Kagiso Anti-torture Community Project (KACP), between May 2012 and November 2013. This paper provides a thematic analysis of patterns and themes that came out of the community interventions with the KACP. Read More Jabu Masitha, Dominique Dix-Peek, Modiegi Merafe, Kindisa Ngubeni and Tsamme MfundisiDecember 31, 2014
