PublicationsResearchMigrants and Xenophobia, RacismShades of Prejudice: An Investigation into the South African Media's Coverage of Racial Violence and XenophobiaThis report appears as part of the broader Race in Transition Series of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). The report reveals the results of an extensive monitoring project of 4500 newspaper articles relating to racial incidents in South Africa over an eight-year period, starting with the advent of democracy in 1994. Read More Jack Fine and William BirdJune 1, 2006
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Migrants and Xenophobia, Policing, RacismDiversity and Transformation in the South African Police Service: A Study of Police Perspectives on Race, Gender and the Community in the Johannesburg Policing AreaThe transformation of the South African Police Service (SAPS) by the country’s first democratically elected government started over a decade ago, in 1994. Over a decade later, very little research has been conducted on the impact this transformation process has had on the men and women that make up the SAPS. One of the primary aims of this report, therefore,… Read More Gareth Newham, Themba Masuku and Jabu DlaminiMarch 6, 2006
ArticlesMediaRacism, Transitional JusticeFear and Loathing in the Media: Dealing with RacismIn August 2000, a group of journalists and editors at a national newspaper sat around a conference table during a regular editorial meeting. The subject of discussion was the South African Human Rights Commission's recently published report on its inquiry into racism in the media. More precisely, the subject of discussion was how the newspaper would cover this report. What… Read More CSVRSeptember 1, 2005
PublicationsResearchMigrants and Xenophobia, RacismRace, Citizenship and Violence in Transitioning Societies: A Guatemalan Case StudyThe following paper focuses on race, and the nature of negotiated transitions, as well as the thin line between political and social conflict; a line which is often blurred during democratic transitions. In addition to looking at South Africa's own experience (cf. reports in the Race and Citizenship in Transition Series), the paper incorporates an in-depth examination of these same… Read More Nahla ValjiDecember 6, 2004
PublicationsResearchMigrants and Xenophobia, RacismArranging Prejudice: Exploring Hate Crime in Post-Apartheid South AfricaThe following report is part of a CSVR series on Race and Citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa. It grapples with the violent expression of prejudice and draws on international experiences of hate crime to investigate commonalities and differences with the South African context. It touches on social representations and public perceptions of hate crime and considers media reporting on incidents… Read More Bronwyn HarrisDecember 1, 2004
PublicationsResearchMigrants and Xenophobia, RacismEmpowerment Through Living Memory: A Community-Centred Model for MemorializationThe subsequent report outlines the five phases of the process that focused on a community centred approach to memorialization. This report aims to give practitioners working within the field of memorialization a detailed understanding of the process that was undertaken in the different phases of the project so as to enable practitioners and communities themselves to initiate their own memory… Read More Ereshnee NaiduDecember 1, 2004
