The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has warned that the deployment of the South African army for public security in the Cape Flats is not the solution to the soaring, violent gang crime and murders in…
This shadow report on South Africa's implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is based on the resolution of the South African Civil Society Working Group on the SDGs to publish a Citizen' Report to bring citizens' voice and…
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa's pledge to tackle crime but believes that more needs to be done to address the drivers of violent crime if the country is to deliver on…
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) bemoans government's failure to explicitly provide specific direction and urgent solutions needed to address the Gender Based Violence (GBV) crisis. In his State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa…
Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa's pronouncements in the February 2019 State of the Nation Address (SONA) that funding would be allocated to combat Gender-Based Violence, when Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, delivered his budget speech on 20 February 2019, there were no…
The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is alarmed by the violent crackdown in Sudan which has dealt a severe blow to peace efforts in the country and is calling for immediate action by all stakeholders to…