It is more than a decade since the 2008 attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, during which more than 60 people were killed
This new framework can be used to resolve past violent conflicts as well as to sustain peace and development in Africa
Political tensions have been high in Zambia this year after the arrest and continued detention of opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema
Divisions at the local level of the ANC are among the chief factors fuelling service delivery protests.
‘Knee-jerk reactions and tit-for-tat theories do not acknowledge the many possible reasons,’ writes <b>David Bruce</b>
Violent crime is deeply ingrained in the social fabric of the country and cannot simply be solved through the criminal justice system.
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/ 22 October 2010
Not all offenders meet the "political crimes" requirement of the presidential dispensation.
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/ 4 September 2008
Researchers find that ‘acquaintance murder’ tops the list of forms of killing in the country and should be prioritised, writes Sello S Alcock.
Efforts to determine why crime in South Africa is often accompanied by excessive violence will soon bear fruit, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Tuesday. The justice, crime-prevention and security cluster of ministers will present a progress report to the Cabinet at a July lekgotla (meeting).
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/ 6 February 2008
An interim report on crime-related violence is expected to be handed to the government before the end of the year, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Wednesday. He was speaking after the signing of a bilateral agreement on policing between South Africa and The Netherlands.
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/ 7 December 2007
Not only are robbers hitting more houses, they now prefer to strike when residents are at home, the Institute for Security Studies said on Friday. ”It’s fairly obvious that this is what’s happening,” said researcher Johan Burger. ”There seems to be a correlation between the decrease in burglary figures and the increase … in the house-robbery figure,” he said.
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/ 1 November 2007
Corruption-related complaints about the South African Police Service surged dramatically after its Anti-Corruption Unit was shut down in 2002, according to research by the Institute for Security Studies. An average of 43 cases were lodged each year between 1997 and 2002. This shot up to an average of 125 cases each year between 2002 and 2006.
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/ 31 October 2007
Crime and violence are a way of life in South Africa and, according to David Bruce of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, respect for justice and the law needs to be fostered. Bruce was speaking at a seminar on <i>The State of Criminal Justice: Building Respect for Justice and Human Rights</i> in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
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/ 30 October 2007
Survivors of apartheid-era crimes should be involved in investigating those abuses, a non-governmental body proposed on Tuesday. ”Survivors should be treated as a resource for information, and this will play a part in their healing process,” Theresa Edlmann of the Spirals Trust said in Johannesburg.
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/ 30 October 2007
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The perception of a conspiracy against former deputy president Jacob Zuma has had an impact on the African National Congress (ANC) and suggests a convergence of political and legal interests, senior political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi of the Centre of Political Studies said on Tuesday.