This Article draws on two case studies in which in-depth group and individual interviews were conducted with key male informants about their involvement in violent service delivery protests in South Africa. It provides a gendered analysis of these events by…
This report is a part of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Trauma and Transition Project, to understand changing patterns of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment (CIDT) in the new South Africa. This report…
This paper examines the intersection of physical violence, structural violence, and masculinity through the life history narrative of a 20-year-old man exiting an informal gang in Gugulethu, a township in Cape Town. Beginning and remaining with James Madoda's narrative, the…
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has embarked on a project aiming to strengthen the struggle against torture in South Africa and the African region. One of the organisation's objectives is to develop a comprehensive Monitoring…
The first article included in this issue of Traumatic Stress Update (TSU) is based on an interview that Megan Bantjes – the Community Work Coordinator – held with two of our Community Facilitators. It provides an outline of our project…
This issue of the Traumatic Stress Update (TSU) highlights some achievements of the Trauma and Transition Programme (TTP) – a programme in the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). The first article by Polly Horton Dewhirst discusses…