PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Trauma and TransitionTraumatic Stress Update (volume 1, number 3)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 being a receptionist elsewhere and a few of the skills and traits that are important in her work. Monica Bandeira,… Read More Dominique Dix-PeekMay 1, 2010
PublicationsResearchPeacebuilding, Transitional Justice, Trauma and Transition, Truth CommissionsNegotiating Transition: The Limits of the South African Model for the Rest of AfricaThis 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 contexts. It also looked at the effect that political deals such as governments of national unity have on the possibility… Read More CSVRMarch 1, 2010
PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Trauma and TransitionTraumatic Stress Update (volume 1, number 2)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). Read More Dominique Dix-PeekFebruary 1, 2010
PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Trauma and TransitionTraumatic Stress Update (Volume 1, Number 1)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 and contains many exciting articles, as well as an indication of past reports by South African No Torture Consortium (SANToC)… Read More Dominique Dix-PeekOctober 1, 2009
PublicationsResearchTransitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionTransitional Justice in Southern Africa: Preliminary Strategic Guidelines for Addressing Violence in Angola (Results of a Needs Assessment Workshop Held in Luanda)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 media coverage of the launch shed light on the need for Angolans to address the aftereffects of decades of civil… Read More CSVRAugust 1, 2009
PublicationsResearchReconciliation, Transitional Justice, Trauma and TransitionSouthern African Regional Assessment Mission Report – AngolaUnlike 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 most often find a disparity in the living conditions, the overall well-being and the progression of citizens. The following report… Read More CSVRMarch 26, 2009
