PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Gender-based Violence, Inequalities, Social Cohesion, Urban Safety, Violence PreventionResearch Brief: What Drives Violence in South AfricaThis research brief outlines the literature on drivers of violence in South Africa and then puts it in context by summarising views on violence among community members who work with CSVR in four local communities. The brief shows that violence prevention initiatives need to move beyond a cause-and-effect approach that focuses on episodes and types of violence. We should see… Read More Jasmina BrankovicApril 6, 2019
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Violence PreventionThe Role of Families in Preventing Violence in SchoolsOn the 17th of September 2018, the minister of basic education, Angie Motshekga, called on law enforcement agencies to help quell the recent spate of violence which has rocked schools in South Africa. This after the South African national crime statistics released on the 11 September 2018 were a stark reminder to many of the extreme levels of crime and… Read More Sumaiya Mohamed and Jacqui Leigh ChowlesOctober 4, 2018
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Gender-based Violence, Violence PreventionAfter Women's Month, Women and Children Are Still DyingIt is the end of Women’s Month in South Africa, and for me it still feels like being a woman in South Africa is moving from LOVE to DEATH, writes TSAMME MMAMMONE WA KA MFUNDISI. It’s been 13 years since I experienced a brutal killing in my backyard, yet I still have lots of questions. Why? What? How? It is… Read More Tsamme MfundisiOctober 2, 2018
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Transitional Justice"People's Power" in the Age of Human Rights: Victims' Contributions to Education in Post-Apartheid South AfricaConcentrating on the transitional preoccupation with mainstreaming human rights culture, the chapter contrasts human rights education as expressed in South Africa’s post-1994 formal curriculum and as reflected in the informal educational activities of the national apartheid victims’ organization, Khulumani Support Group. It suggests that Khulumani’s educational activities draw on the example of apartheid-era struggles for alternative and inclusive education as… Read More Jasmina BrankovicOctober 2, 2018
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Peacebuilding, Restorative Justice, Transitional JusticeBenchmarking the Role of African Youth in Transitional Justice ProcessesThe increasing role of African youth in political transformations and conflicts in the African continent is inevitably linked to the demographic reality that Africa is a continent of the Youth. This increasing role is also attributable to the capacity of mass mobilisation through new technology of information and communication, notably social media. This report examines approaches for including young people… Read More CSVROctober 24, 2017
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, InequalitiesStructural Youth Unemployment Solutions Require New Thinking and New InstitutionsAnother June 16 Youth Day has come and gone. As typically happens at this time, various political leaders, and newspaper editorials, bemoaned the lack of employment for young people, emphasising the need for more job opportunities. In his National Youth Day address in Ventersdorp for instance President Jacob Zuma acknowledged that the economy is affected by ‘sluggish growth’. But, he… Read More David BruceJune 25, 2017
