Since the end of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), there have been few institutionalised spaces for South Africans to practically engage with personal memories and the apartheid past. This report considers and evaluates two of the few such spaces:…
This paper draws on primary research to explore and critically discuss the functioning of the internal disciplinary system of the SAPS as a critical component for transforming the South African police into a professional service.
The focus of this report is on the National Witness Protection Programme (NWPP). The report is primarily based on 35 in-depth interviews with a range of individuals around the country who have first hand experiences of the functioning of the…
This is a report of research conducted by Amanda Dissel on the Victim Offender Conferencing Project piloted during 1999 and 2000. Victim offender conferencing is a community based restorative approach to dealing with conflict in the community, which is criminal…
The research undertaken for this report asks the straightforward question: under what circumstances do licensed firearm owners lose their weapons to criminals? The report answers this question through an intensive analysis of over 1,100 dockets opened at police stations following…
This paper is both a response to, and an off-shoot from, one of the TRC's legal sector hearings, held in October 1997. The hearings revealed the extent to which the legal profession became complicit in the implementation of apartheid. Magistrates…