PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsReconciliation and the Transformation of Conflicts: The Reconciliation and Reconstruction Programme of the Quaker Peace CentreThis report forms part of a previous research project of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) aimed at a comprehensive analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process in South Africa. This study concentrates on conflict resolution work done at the local level, mainly in disadvantaged communities throughout the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. It… Read More Jochen NeumannMay 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsGangs, Pagad and the State: Vigilantism and Revenge Violence in the Western CapeThis booklet was funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The Violence and Transition Series is a product of an extensive research project conducted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) into the nature and extent of violence during South Africa's transition from apartheid rule to democracy. The booklet goes on to provide a short history,… Read More Bill Dixon and Lisa-Marie JohnsMay 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsWhat Do We Tell Our Children? The Work of the Centre for Ubuntu in Cape Town (Formerly the Religious Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission)The research, on which this report is based, focused on the creation process, the intervention activities and subsequent changes that The Centre for Ubuntu (formerly the Religious Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission) initiative has undergone since its formation in 1994. The report is meant to provide an insight into the history and operation of the initiative (the original… Read More Undine Whande KayserFebruary 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsCreating a Space for Remembrance: The Healing of Memories ProcessThe aim of this report is to examine the 'Healing of Memories' (HOM) process as one intervention in the larger discourse around truth and reconciliation in South Africa since 1994 until today. HOM workshops present one of the few institutionalised post-TRC spaces for South Africans to consciously and practically engage with personal memories and with each other about the apartheid… Read More Undine Whande KayserJanuary 3, 2000
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Truth CommissionsRebuilding Fractured Societies: Reconstruction, Reconciliation and the Changing Nature of Violence – Some Self-Critical Insights from Post-Apartheid South AfricaBased primarily on the South African experience, this discussion paper will attempt to offer a broad analysis of some of the key challenges faced by societies emerging from intense conflict, or making the often painful transition from autocratic rule to democracy. In so doing, it will reflect self-critically on some of the challenges of transformation, reconciliation, democratisation and - in… Read More Graeme SimpsonJanuary 3, 2000
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, ReconciliationReconstruction and Reconciliation: Emerging from TransitionIn this presentation, Graeme Simpson addresses some of the simplistic myths about solutions to social conflict, and then reflects on problems that he has experienced with aid efforts organised by the international community, through the United Nations. He does this by focusing on Bosnia. The second part of his presentation addresses what he sees as the flawed assumptions that often underlie the emphasis on economic reconstruction in the wake of war and conflict. Read More Graeme SimpsonMay 2, 1997
