PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Violence in TransitionWishing Us Away: Challenges Facing Ex-Combatants in the 'New' South AfricaThis report provides an exploration of some key issues affecting ex-combatants in South Africa. It is based on a former series of in-depth interviews and focus groups with former members of various armed groupings that participated in South Africa’s previous conflicts. Read More Sasha GearDecember 2, 2002
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Ex-combatant Reintegration and DemilitarisationJourney into the Inner Self and Encounter with the Other: Transformation Trails with Militarised Youth of KatorusVarious NGO-driven interventions at the grassroots level try to take into account the particular needs of militarized and criminalized youth. This study examines one of those initiatives: the Wilderness Trail and Therapy Project of the National Peace Accord Trust (NPAT). This project begins from the premise that the transformation of trauma is the first step to a peaceful society. It… Read More Stephanie Schell-FauconDecember 3, 2001
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Ex-combatant Reintegration and DemilitarisationNegotiating the Release of Political Prisoners in South AfricaThis case study will provide an overview as to the manner in which the release of political prisoners was linked to broader political concessions during the negotiation process in South Africa. It will also consider problems encountered in determining fixed cut-off dates for the granting of indemnity (and then amnesty) and the limited mechanisms put in place to deal with… Read More Kate SavageDecember 19, 2000
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Ex-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Restorative Justice, Torture and State ViolenceA Review of Government Expenditure on the National Crime Prevention Strategy 1996-1999This is a review of government expenditure on the National Crime Prevention Strategy of 1996 to 1999. The paper is part of a review carried out for the Department of Safety and Security. Read More Anthony Altbeker and Janine RauchJune 1, 1999
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Ex-combatant Reintegration and DemilitarisationPolitical Pawns or Social Agents? A Look at Militarised Youth in South AfricaThis paper outlines the theoretical framework used to understand militarised youth and their defence structures. This is followed by an overview of the history of youth struggles, identity and organisation in the 1980s. The third section deals with defence structures in the eighties. The next section examines the political shifts in the nineties and this is followed by a discussion of defence structures post April 1994. The sixth section seeks to uncover the aspirations and goals of militarised youth. Section seven examines the future of youth defence structures, whilst the final section looks at two programs aimed at integrating former members of defence structures into society. Read More Monique Marks and Penny McKenzieSeptember 1, 1995
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Correctional Services, Ex-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Youth ViolenceAlternative Policing Structures? A Look at Youth Defense Structures in Gauteng in 1995This paper draws on primary research to analyse youth self defence structures in Gauteng. The paper considers the aspirations and needs of youth involved in these defence structures, and considers the ways that the state could address these aspirations and needs. Read More Monique MarksJuly 1, 1995
