This issue of the Traumatic Stress Update is attempting to encourage knowledge generation in a number of different forms. Our receptionist and professional intaker, Mosima Selemela gives an account of how being a receptionist at a trauma clinic differs from…
This report provides information and details from the seminar, 'Negotiating Transition: The Limits of the South African Model for the Rest of Africa,'. The seminar explored the impact that the South African model of transitional justice has had in other…
In this edition of the Traumatic Stress update, we wish to express some of the varied events and day-to-day goings-on of the Trauma and Transition Programme (TTP).
The staff of the Trauma and Transition Programme (TTP) at CSVR had previously decided to produce a quarterly newsletter in order to share knowledge and let interested parties gain a deeper understanding of our activities. This is the first newsletter…
The following report by CSVR covers the results of a Needs Assessment workshop held in Angola, Luanda in August 2009. The process created the platform for key stakeholders to come together to address issues of transition and prevailing challenges. Wide…
Unlike some of its Sub-Saharan Africa counter parts Angola's transition from war to 'peace' was the result of a clear and definitive military victory by the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Through this method of transition you…