Earlier this year a local couple made the news when they applied for asylum in the United States claiming that they were persecuted in South Africa on the basis of their race. The couple argued that as whites they would…
This policy brief reports on the findings of the first national homicide study. It is fundamentally retrospective, with data collected on female homicides of women aged 14 and over in South Africa in 1999. Data was collected from a national…
Following a study done by CSVR on the SAPS management practices (2004), a handbook was designed to serve as a guideline to management and staff on what can be done to develop a culture of police integrity. The handbook should…
The subsequent report aims to contribute towards the strengthening of civilian oversight of Metropolitan Police Departments (MPDs) at local level. As part of this aim the report also explores the nature and functioning of the key local level structures in…
The following article by Themba Masuku sheds light on available data on police misconduct and its unreliability and inconsistency. He reflects and highlights important stats in various areas of police conduct, from the use of lethal force and non-lethal force…
The following paper evaluates the contribution of the South African TRC to current understandings of history, identity, and reconciliation. The argument presented here is that the TRC, in its determined pursuit of a particular kind of reconciliation, was ironically silent…