PublicationsResearchMigrants and XenophobiaRefugees, Safety and Xenophobia in South African Cities: The Role of Local GovernmentThis paper looks into the nature of the local government engagement with immigrant communities in South African cities. For the purposes of this preliminary research, the focus was on refugee groups (including asylum seekers) as they were the group of immigrants that local government felt they had the most contact with. Many of the findings may however relate to other… Read More Ingrid PalmaryNovember 1, 2002
PublicationsResearchPolitical Violence, Violence in TransitionJustice Denied: Political Violence in KwaZulu-Natal After 1994The Violence and Transition Series is a product of an extensive research project conducted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) into the nature and extent of violence during South Africa’s transition from apartheid rule to democracy. This series comprises a set of self-contained, but interrelated reports. Read More Rupert TaylorSeptember 2, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingTackling Police Corruption in South AfricaWhat is the extent and nature of the problem in South Africa? What are its causes and what should be done to curtail it? Are police managers clear about what they have to do to combat and prevent corruption? This document will discuss and attempt to answer these questions. The first section examines the indicators most commonly used to assess… Read More Gareth NewhamJune 3, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingNew Wine from an Old Cask? The South African Police Service and the Process of TransformationThe subsequent paper looks to discuss the South African Police Service (SAPS) and its process of evolution. It delves into many facets of subject, such as the the realities and continuation of police brutality, key dimensions of transformation and repression to crime control. Read More David BruceMay 9, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Torture and State ViolenceMonitoring Police Violence and Torture in South AfricaWhilst much has been written on human rights violations committed by the police in South Africa, including aspects that have utilized some quantitative data, especially in relation to political detainees, the bulk of these violations perpetrated by the South African Police have not been subject to effective monitoring. The subsequent report analyses facets relating to this, such as the distinction… Read More Piers PigouApril 1, 2002
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Truth Commissions"Uncivil Society" – Challenges for Reconciliation and Justice in South Africa After the Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThis following paper is a presentation that will attempt to focus on the challenges that face South Africa in the endeavor to build sustainable reconciliation after the operations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In so doing, the presentation does not seek to offer a critique of the TRC, for it is patently obvious that the TRC was merely… Read More Graeme SimpsonApril 1, 2002
