As part of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), various sectoral hearings were held to highlight the role of these sectors in South Africa's past. The health sector hearing was one such example and has been hailed as an…
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:…
As part of a larger study on the work of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), the CSVR visited ten police stations in Gauteng during April and May 1999. The police stations were randomly selected from a list of police stations…
This article is based on an exploratory study which investigated how the use of force within the SAPS is managed and regulated. The research involved a review of literature, legislation, and SAPS regulations; a series of 15 in-depth interviews; and…
This article discusses the role of women and girls in gangs in South Africa, and looks at their involvement in violent crime more broadly. The article also discusses various sectors that women are involved in South Africa that have some…
On November 25 1993, International Day of No Violence Against Women, a tiny crowd of 10 took to the streets. By November 25 1999, public opinion had changed so much that hundreds of people turned out for protests, and government…
