About 40% of the 6 424 murders between April and June this year were gun-related, Police Minister Bheki Cele announced when he released crime statistics. Cele said it was shown that firearms were three times more likely than other weapons…
Taxi violence is a perennial problem that reflects the complexities and challenges of the South African society at large. The outbreak of violence in Gqeberha, during which several taxis and shops were set alight is sadly, a familiar occurrence. According…
This paper examines the links between business and violence in South Africa in the context of its transition.
In the past five or six years, employers, trade unionists, researchers and our criminal and industrial courts have confronted the growing magnitude and brutality of violence in industrial conflict. This article puts focus on the potential of violence in industrial relations and the experiences of trauma resulting from high levels of community violence, which are fundamentally inseparable.
What is the nature of violence? Where does it come from and what motivates those who perpetrate it? And what can business do to protect itself and its employees from the ravages of violence? With these questions in mind, The Innes Labour Brief approached Graeme Simpson and Lloyd Vogelman of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation for their views on the subject. This paper is a collection of those views.
This paper attempts to deal with the question of what business and Human Resource practitioners can do in regard to the rather complex problem of workplace violence. It notes that the effects of traumatic experiences beyond the workplace may well express themselves within the working environment.