Localising the New Urban Agenda
The New Urban Agenda is a global commitment to sustainable urban development at all levels, based on a shared vision of cities for all
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The Police Leadership Campaign
Good leaders have the potential to hugely improve the safety of those in South Africa
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Global trends, nationalism and xenophobia
National migration policies are getting stricter and anti-foreigner sentiment is on the rise
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By 2030, people in South Africa feel & are safe; and play a role in creating safe environments.
White Paper on Safety and Security (2016)
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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

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

Men's Mentoring Project

Community Action towards a Safer Environment (CASE) | Western Cape

The Men’s Mentoring Project looks at men’s issues and their impact on community, violence and family breakdown. The core objective… Read more

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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…

How prioritising education in South Africa can prevent violence
02 May 2018 | by Cassidy Parker, ISS Consultant

The Seven Passes Initiative shows how supporting children with schoolwork creates a better society.

How prioritising education in South Africa can prevent violence
02 May 2018 | by Cassidy Parker, ISS Consultant

The Seven Passes Initiative shows how supporting children with schoolwork creates a better society.

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
How prioritising education in South Africa can prevent violence
02 May 2018 | by Cassidy Parker, ISS Consultant

Events

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Call for Abstracts: Violence Prevention, Safety Promotion and the Sustainable Development Goals

  • The River Club, Observatory

Resources

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Stop Gender Violence Campaign - Project resources

Global Peace Index 2018 - Report/Study

  • Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) | 06 Jun 2018

Bom Combat - School Intervention - Project resources

Reducing physical punishment of children: Using schools as nodes of intervention - Policy/Research brief

  • Children's Institute, University of Cape Town and Gender & Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council | 01 Feb 2018

Community of Practitioners

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

Bathandwa Mphenya

Mr Bathandwa Mphenya

  • Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Mr Chumile Sali

  • African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum

Mr Amrish Punwasi

  • WCG
Siphokazi Pangalele

Ms Siphokazi Pangalele

  • Ambassadors in Action
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