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Global trends, nationalism and xenophobia
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Latest Projects

Stop Gender Violence Campaign

MOSAIC Training, Service & Healing Centre for Women | National (all SA)

The Stop Gender Violence Campaign is a national coalition of civil society organisations working together to end gender-based violence (GBV).… Read more

Blikkiesdorp Community Outreach Project

HOPE Cape Town | Western Cape

Blikkiesdorp is a temporary relocation area near Cape Town, approximately 50km outside of the city, and is “home” to more… Read more

Bom Combat - School Intervention

Bom Combat | Western Cape

In search of alternative intervention methods, martial arts-based programmes have been proposed to carry the potential for violence prevention in… Read more

Safe Schools Programme

Western Cape Education Department (WCED) | Western Cape

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED)'s Safe Schools Programme works with schools to ensure safe school environments needed for… Read more

ONE Community

The Safety Lab | Western Cape

ONE Community uses under-utilized public facilities, demonstrating the value of the site, to create safe spaces for the youth. It… Read more

Peace Committee Model

Free State, Western Cape

The Peace Committee Model is a specific and tested model for the resolution of disputes within communities through the establishment… Read more

Blog

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Ulutsha Street Festival 2018: “Stop Violence against Children and Women!”
23 Jul 2018 | by Jessie Bohr | GIZ South Africa

The Ulutsha Street Festival 2018 turned out to be an ideal family event on a typical windy winter day in Port Elizabeth. This year’s Festival once again highlighted how public spaces can be transformed into positive spaces for recreation and social interaction. Further, the Festival demonstrated how festivals can be…

Ulutsha Street Festival 2018: “Stop Violence against Children and Women!”
23 Jul 2018 | by Jessie Bohr | GIZ South Africa

The Ulutsha Street Festival 2018 turned out to be an ideal family event on a typical windy winter day in Port Elizabeth. This year’s Festival once again highlighted how public spaces can be transformed into positive spaces for recreation and social interaction. Further, the Festival demonstrated how festivals can be…

Linking hands to voices: Hand mapping in contexts of violence and insecurity
05 Jun 2018 | by Gill Black, Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation

How can a participatory approach enable a better understanding of the ways in which identity and intersecting inequalities block accountability processes? This is the question that the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation has been exploring in their most recent action research process with the Delft Safety Group. And this was the question…

Linking hands to voices: Hand mapping in contexts of violence and insecurity
05 Jun 2018 | by Gill Black, Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation

How can a participatory approach enable a better understanding of the ways in which identity and intersecting inequalities block accountability processes? This is the question that the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation has been exploring in their most recent action research process with the Delft Safety Group. And this was the question…

The industry transformed and captured through violence: hitmen empowering themselves
22 May 2018 | by Azwi Netshikulwe, Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI)

In 2017, Azwi Netshikulwe and Ncedo Mngqibisa, Researchers at the Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), conducted fieldwork in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng focusing on political assassinations and taxi violence. The fieldwork was part of a study conducted by UCT’s Centre for Criminology and the…

The industry transformed and captured through violence: hitmen empowering themselves
22 May 2018 | by Azwi Netshikulwe, Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI)

In 2017, Azwi Netshikulwe and Ncedo Mngqibisa, Researchers at the Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT), conducted fieldwork in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng focusing on political assassinations and taxi violence. The fieldwork was part of a study conducted by UCT’s Centre for Criminology and the…

Building a new cohort of Youth Leaders that advocate for Safer Communities in SA
22 May 2018 | by Matsetsebale Tleane, Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

The Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (VCP) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and its partners trained over 120 young people as youth leaders and ambassadors of safer communities in two provinces, Gauteng and Eastern Cape. The purpose of this training is capacity-building of young leaders who…

Building a new cohort of Youth Leaders that advocate for Safer Communities in SA
22 May 2018 | by Matsetsebale Tleane, Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

The Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme (VCP) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and its partners trained over 120 young people as youth leaders and ambassadors of safer communities in two provinces, Gauteng and Eastern Cape. The purpose of this training is capacity-building of young leaders who…

Ulutsha Street Festival 2018: “Stop Violence against Children and Women!”
23 Jul 2018 | by Jessie Bohr | GIZ South Africa
Linking hands to voices: Hand mapping in contexts of violence and insecurity
05 Jun 2018 | by Gill Black, Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation
The industry transformed and captured through violence: hitmen empowering themselves
22 May 2018 | by Azwi Netshikulwe, Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI)
Building a new cohort of Youth Leaders that advocate for Safer Communities in SA
22 May 2018 | by Matsetsebale Tleane, Inclusive Violence and Crime Prevention Programme, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Events

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National Summit on Crime and Violence Prevention

  • To be confirmed

Violence Prevention, Safety Promotion and the Sustainable Development Goals

  • The River Club, Observatory

Resources

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Stop Gender Violence Campaign - Project resources

Western Cape Directory of Services for Victims of Crime and Violence - Guide/Manual

  • Western Cape Department of Social Development | 16 Apr 2018

Technology-facilitated GBV: What is it, and how do we measure it? - Policy/Research brief

  • International Center for Research on Women | 18 Jul 2018

South African Crime Quarterly No. 64 - Journal/Magazine

  • Centre of Criminology, Institute for Security Studies | 06 Jul 2018

Community of Practitioners

Welcome to the newly registered safety practitioners and organisations. Find out how you can join.

Mr Marius Swart

  • South African Police Service (SAPS)
Marvin Qhobosheane

Mr Marvin Qhobosheane

  • Safer Cities - eThekwini Municipality

Mrs Vuyelwa Clara Monnakgotla

  • SANCA National
Bathandwa Mphenya

Mr Bathandwa Mphenya

  • Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
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