PublicationsResearchTorture and State Violence, Violence in TransitionArresting Dissent: State Repression and Post-Apartheid Social MovementsThe following paper documents a research project, spanning a period of eight months. In the study, three urban, poor communities that have experienced, and continue to experience, conflict with the state over basic socio-economic struggles are presented as case studies. Through interviews, community organization materials and qualitative research analysis, the various activities, organizational trajectories and emergent relationships with the state,… Read More Dale McKinley and Ahmed VeriavaJanuary 3, 2005
PublicationsResearchMigrants and Xenophobia, Violence in TransitionCreating the Nation: The Rise of Violent Xenophobia in the New South AfricaThe standard explanation for xenephobia is that many local South Africans feel that foreigners 'steal jobs' and are 'criminals'. These elements certainly explain aspects of this trend; they are however incomplete by themselves and fail to provide a comprehensive analysis of the rapid and degenerative shift in attitudes amongst South Africans, or the racially-defined target of these attitudes. This paper… Read More Nahla ValjiNovember 1, 2003
PublicationsResearchUrban Safety, Violence in TransitionSpaces of Violence, Places of Fear: Urban Conflict in Post-Apartheid South AfricaThis paper explores South Africa's culture of violence. It engages with trends and patterns of conflict in the post-apartheid nation to reflect on some of the continuities and changes in violence over the nation's transition from apartheid to democracy. Read More Bronwyn HarrisJune 2, 2003
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Violence in TransitionNow That the War is Over – Ex-combatants Transition and the Question of Violence: A Literature ReviewEx-combatants are often considered to pose a threat to peace and security in countries emerging from extensive violent conflict. Despite the haste with which 'ex-combatants' tend to be linked with violence, there is little research in South Africa that sets out to specifically explore either the current situations of the armed actors of our recent history, or their relation to… Read More Sasha GearDecember 20, 2002
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Violence in TransitionReform and Stasis: Transformation in South African PrisonsThis paper will look at some of the important changes that have been brought about in policy and legislation regarding the prison system in the last few years. It will also look at some issues which create resistance to change in this area. Read More Amanda Dissel and Stephen EllisDecember 19, 2002
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Violence in TransitionWishing Us Away: Challenges Facing Ex-Combatants in the 'New' South AfricaThis report provides an exploration of some key issues affecting ex-combatants in South Africa. It is based on a former series of in-depth interviews and focus groups with former members of various armed groupings that participated in South Africa’s previous conflicts. Read More Sasha GearDecember 2, 2002
