ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Inequalities, RacismNo Rainbow Nation For Today's Youth1994: The euphoria, the hopes, the dreams, the answered prayers, and finally, the struggle was worth it. Democratic South Africa brought hopes and dreams that black South Africans were finally going to be recognised. Our ancestors’ tears and efforts were not in vain. Surely, we were a generation that was meant to live free of any form of inequality and… Read More Sibonelo MavusoJune 24, 2022
ArticlesMediaClimate Change, Inequalities, Social CohesionClimate Change and Food Security in AfricaWhile the African Union has declared 2022 as the year of “Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent”, realizing this might be harder than anticipated due to climate change impacts on the continent. Presently, the East African region is experiencing its worst drought spell in four decades that is attributed to La Niña – a natural… Read More Gugu NonjingeJune 21, 2022
ArticlesMediaChildren and Youth, Criminal Justice, Gangs, Gender-based Violence, InequalitiesThe Nexus Between Substance Abuse and Sexual Violence in SAThe intersections of substance abuse and sexual and gender-based violence demonstrate the need for collaborative interventions. South Africa has a daunting drug problem. Post-1994, the proliferation of drugs on the country’s streets has triggered a myriad of issues associated with substance abuse. Drugs such as nyaope and tik are accessible and affordable even for unemployed youth in townships with the drugs priced… Read More CSVRJune 21, 2022
Our News and EventsGender-based Violence, Inequalities, Migrants and Xenophobia, Policing, Social Cohesion, Urban SafetyCovid-19: The Intimacies of PandemicsThis workshop is structured around two recent projects: COVID-19: The Intimacies of Pandemics, is a special issue co-edited by Danai S Mupotsa and Moshibudi Motimele. In the midst of narratives that attempt to present the spread and effects of COVID-19 as the ‘great equaliser’ that infects indiscriminately, the effects have in fact been disproportionately shaped by gendered power relations. COVID-19… Read More CSVRJune 20, 2022
ArticlesMediaInequalities, Migrants and Xenophobia, PolicingXenophobia: Don't Deploy More Police; More Social Spending Needed to End UnemploymentCommunity protests against violent crime, which are then followed by xenophobic violence and vigilantism, are not new in Diepsloot. In 2013, two toddlers were brutally killed and sexually assaulted. Following this incident, foreign nationals were blamed, attacked and their shops looted. Nine years later, little has changed despite the deployment of officials and politicians to engage the community. In April 2022,… Read More Malose Langa and Steven RebelloMay 3, 2022
ArticlesMediaInequalitiesSouth Africa: Is Freedom Still Coming 'Tomorrow'?Freedom day holds a special place in South Africa’s history as it formally marked the end of apartheid in 1994. While that was a major feat in the struggle to legally end racial discrimination, the term ‘freedom’ held a much broader and deeper meaning than just political freedom. It symbolises the realisation of a renewed hope for social change for… Read More Boikanyo MolotoMay 3, 2022
