ArticlesMediaInequalitiesMilitary Expenditure Foolish When Social Services Are LackingSA’s defence capability is in a state of severe decline, a bitter fact for the defence department, the local arms manufacturing industry and the world of defence analysts. Last year, parliament’s defence committee chair went so far as to say that defence budget cuts were causing SA to lose its sovereign capability altogether. Meanwhile, defence & military veterans minister Nosiviwe… Read More Jesse CopelynApril 21, 2021
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, InequalitiesCOVID-19: Where to from Here for Efforts to Support Youth Economic Inclusion?As the world marks International Youth Day on August 12, it is difficult to ignore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people – particularly on efforts towards youth economic inclusion in Africa. Meaningful and swift action is needed from African states to ensure the damage is not long-lasting. Recent United Nations data forecast that the number of youth… Read More Steven RebelloAugust 13, 2020
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Transitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionSocioeconomic Oppression and the Need to Rethink Transitional JusticeIn South Africa, organized survivors of apartheid violations have increasingly focused on socioeconomic issues. There are continuities, they note, between the colonial and apartheid past and the democratic present. While building on the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, survivors break new ground in bringing socioeconomic rights and locally grounded initiatives to the forefront of transitional justice, explains the… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 5, 2020
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Transitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionInequality Is the Primary Driver of Violence, Say Apartheid SurvivorsDescribing how high levels of inequality and violence feed each other, survivors of apartheid violations hold that people-driven social transformation is key to reducing both—and to fulfilling the promises of the democratic transition. “What is the cause of violence? It is caused by poverty, hunger and jobs being unavailable.” Organised apartheid survivors, like the Khulumani Support Group member quoted here,… Read More Jasmina BrankovicJuly 5, 2020
ArticlesMediaInequalitiesCombat Hunger and Poverty Caused by Covid-19As we enter a time where the fear of starvation becomes more prevalent than the fear of Covid-19, we need to look for more effective strategies to look after the needs of the most desperate in our communities. Government has moved decisively to address the health crisis brought on by Covid-19. Now we need to show equal resolve in responding… Read More Hugo van der MerweMay 5, 2020
PublicationsResearchInequalities, Transitional JusticeViolence, Inequality and Transformation: Apartheid Survivors on South Africa's Ongoing TransitionDespite its lauded political transition in 1994, South Africa continues to have among the highest levels of violence and inequality in the world. Organised survivors of apartheid violations have long maintained that we cannot adequately address violence in the country, let alone achieve full democracy, without addressing inequality. This book is built around extensive quotes from members of Khulumani Support… Read More Jasmina Brankovic, Brian Mphahlele, Agnes Ngxukuma, Nompumelelo Njana and Yanelisa SishubaFebruary 1, 2020
